Edward W Powell was a gifted amateur footballer who went on to coach the Malawi national football team

Malawi national football team

The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966 they were known as the Nyasaland national football team...

 and the England Under-18 side which won the European Championship in 1993.

Early life

Powell was brought up in Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 where he attended King Edward VII School

King Edward VII School (Sheffield)

King Edward VII School is a secondary school and language college located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. KES, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 when Wesley College was merged with Sheffield Royal Grammar School on the site of the former on Glossop Road...

 from 1952 to 1959. He played in both the football and cricket First XIs.

Football career

Powell was an amateur football player in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a wing-half for Sutton United and Wycombe Wanderers, later managing both clubs, and represented both England Amateurs (51 caps) and the Great Britain Olympic team.

He became a coach for The FA and later at Spurs at youth level. He was National Football Coach in Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

 from 1977 to 1983, during which time the team won the East and Central African challenge cup twice.

He coached the England Under-18 side to European Championship victory in 1993; the team included Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

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, Gary Neville

Gary Neville

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, Nicky Butt

Nicky Butt

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, Sol Campbell

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 and Robbie Fowler

Robbie Fowler

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.