The Independent - London, June 2nd, 2002
We borrowed from them, but not before they borrowed from us. Today, in Saitama, Sven Goran Eriksson will not be the only member of a coaching staff crossing borders. Dr Paul Balsom will be hoping as fervently as the England manager that his team disappoints his country. It is just business, nothing personal.
A Swedish lilt now tinges whatever traces remain of Balsom's West Country upbringing. He was once a member of Torquay United's youth team before finding a less precarious future on the other side of the touchline. Three years at Cardiff studying sports science were followed by a masters d...
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