Former Brighton Hove Albion FC manager and ex professional footballer Mark McGhee, made a special visit to the Russell Martin Foundation’s ‘Extra Time Project’ this week to talk to the students about his career.

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The students showed particular interest in his progression from being a professional footballer to becoming a manager to a top league side.

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Mark shared some great coping mechanism tips on how he has dealt with the highs and lows during his career.

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The Scottish international also relived his impressive footballing display against England where he scored a header against England’s No. 1 goalkeeper  Peter Shilton.

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One of the students, Noah, from Varndean High school said ’it was great to meet Mark. As a huge Brighton & Hove Albion fan, it was a real honour. I was able to ask him lots of questions about his time in football and the challenges in which he has had to overcome during them times. I was able to relate to these quite a lot and it was really helpful’.

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Jane Coleman, Assistant Manager of the project said’ ‘We were delighted to have Mark come & speak to the students & it was great that he was able to share some of his experiences on coping with pressure’

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