FOOTBALL: ARMENIA’S FOOTBALL CHIEFS SUPPORT CANCER-STRIKEN PORTERFIELD
Agence France Presse — English
March 7, 2007 Wednesday 9:26 AM GMT
Armenia’s football federation chiefs expressed their support to the
cancer-striken country’s national coach Ian Porterfield, adding they
had no plans to change the manager.
The 60-year-old Scot, who played with Sunderland and Sheffield
Wednesday during his career on the field, is set to undergo surgery
in near time after local medics found him to be suffering from
intestinal cancer.
"We are waiting for the results of his (Portierfield) medical analyses
to work out a plan for the national squad," Armenia’s football boss
Ruben Hayrapetyan said.
"However, I’d like to stress that we have no plans of changing the
national team manager."
Last August former Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday and Aberdeen manager
signed a contract with the Armenian federation until the end of 2007.
Armenia are currently sharing the bottom spot of their Euro2008
qualifying Group A with Azerbaijan. Both teams have just one point
from four matches and are 10 points behind the group leaders Finland.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
