3 reasons why Brighton boss Chris Hughton should be the England manager

Diverse experience

Hughton has been in the game longer than some may care to remember, all starting with 27 years as a player and then a coach at Tottenham Hotspur.

He cemented his place as Spurs’ left-back early on and went on to be generally considered as one of the club’s greatest ever full-backs.

Following this, he took charge of Tottenham’s Under-21s and then the reserve team in the late 1990s. He was later appointed as a coach to the first-team and served under a wide array of managers including Glenn Hoddle, George Graham and Gerry Francis.

From here, he worked in the Newcastle United first-team coaching setup and went on to takeover as their permanent manager during a time of crisis for The Magpies.

Hughton managed to win the Championship title and gain Newcastle automatic promotion to the Premier League and received wide praise from players, fans and the media for his management style and ability to stabilise a club in disarray.

Whilst he also had a successful spell at Birmingham City, which gave him some European experience thanks to The Blues’ run in the Europa League, it’s his time at Brighton that has really made him stand out again.

Leading Brighton to the top of the Championship and making them an almost nailed on certainty for automatic promotion, he has managed to do it against some really tough odds, including the lack of the same parachute payments other clubs have received in the Championship.