Coyle backs Mears.OWEN COYLE Owen Columba Coyle (born July 14, 1966 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish-born footballer who played international football for the Republic of Ireland, and a football manager. He is currently player-manager of St. Johnstone in the Scottish Football League First Division. believes Tyrone Mears Tyrone Mears (born February 18, 1983 in Stockport, England) is a professional English football player who currently plays as a right-back for Derby County. Club career Manchester City can be Burnley's next England international. The Turf Moor Turf Moor is a football stadium located in Burnley, Lancashire, and is the home ground of English football club Burnley F.C. It is situated on Harry Potts Way in Burnley, and has a capacity of 22,546, all seated. club have unveiled an international honours board at Turf Moor which lists the names of all 60 players to have won a cap for their country while on the books at Burnley. Although seven of the current squad are on the list the Clarets have not had one of their players turn out for England since Martin Dobson in 1974. But Coyle believes Mears' performances at the back for Burnley this season mean he could soon be added to the illustrious canon. "England were struggling for a right-back and, for me, Tyrone Mears is playing as well as anybody in the Premier League," Coyle said. "It's up to us to find young English players and nurture them, which is what we have tried to do and hopefully one day we will see someone else up there, a Burnley player with an England cap. "I think it's fair to say that (Glen) Johnson is a top player and you would think he would be the number one choice for that position. "But for me, Tyrone Mears has acquitted himself as well as anybody in that position in the Premier League this season and it's up to Tyrone to keep delivering those performances. "If he does, as I have said to all my players, then people will look at them and look at them in a positive light. They will see how well they are doing and ultimately that is what they will be judged on." Mears is currently waiting to hear from FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f about whether he is allowed to play for England, having appeared for Jamaica under John Barnes in a friendly international earlier this year after being told his family had roots in the country. The defender - who was born to a British mother in Stockport - subsequently discovered that he has no Jamaican heritage and is now hoping the appearance will not ruin his England dreams, but whatever the ruling, Coyle feels Mears is rapidly developing into a player of the highest calibre. "I know that whoever asks him to play for them, he will never ever let them down, I think he is getting better by the week," Coyle said. |
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