CARRY ON SPARKY; Don't rush into hanging up your boots.Byline: Mark Bloom WALES soccer legend Ian Rush  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . believes national manager Mark Hughes This article is about the Welsh footballer. For other people with the same name, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation). Leslie Mark Hughes OBE (born November 1, 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales), nicknamed Sparky should and will continue playing next season, which could get the Blackburn Rovers striker into hot water. The Football Association of Wales want Hughes to take-up the position of full-time manager after June and concentrate on qualifying for the 2004 European Championships There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level:
adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: under21 record. But Rush, whose career spanned Liverpool, Juventus, Newcastle United and Wrexham, thinks Hughes will continue to play. He said: "It's a difficult situation for Mark, because as a player you want to play as long as your body will allow. "I think the FAW FAW Florida Administrative Weekly FAW Football Association of Wales FAW Forschungsinstitut für Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung FAW First Auto Works (China) FAW First Aid at Work FAW Fleet Air Wing FAW Fire At Will have the right man in charge and it's only Mark who will decide that it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to finish. "As professional players, we were always told to play as long as possible. Actually playing is the best part of football. "He's still performing for Blackburn in the Premiership and has a lot to offer the game. He enjoys playing and, whether it's for Manchester United, Wrexham or Cardiff City, as long as he's enthusiastic - and he still is - then he will carry on playing." Hughes, 38, told the Echo last week that he was still undecided whether to hang up his boots. Rush retired from competitive matches three years ago and said: "I miss the day-to-day things that football bring you, but I'm busy doing other things, like spending more time with the family and various coaching projects around the world. "So, for me, I am still involved in football. It's a simply case of what you're going to do, not what you have done." CAPTION(S): HOT SHOTS Former Wales striker Ian Rush, left, says playing is the best part of football and Mark Hughes should carry on as long as his body allows him. |
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