He is one of the youngest people to ever coach a national football team. Irishman Johnny McKinstry, onetime head coach for Leone Stars of Sierra Leone now struts his stuff on the tube for ITV Sports as an expert analyst of African football. He certainly knows a thing or two about the game. And, given his tour of duty with the Sierra Leone national team, McKinstry has insider knowledge about what holds for sports administration on the continent. African Sports Monthly reached out to Mr. McKinstry to find out what happened with him in Sierra Leone and also what makes his brilliant football mind tick.
ASM: We know you are now a TV pundit on African football. How is that going?
Johnny: It’s all going very well, if I am honest. Whilst I have done a number of previous public speaking engagements at events such as SoccerEx, as well as television and radio for the likes of Football Focus, Talk Sport and BBC World Service, this is the first time I have been in the analysts chair for live TV broadcasts. It is definitely a much more comfortable position to watch a game from compared to the …
ASM: We know you are now a TV pundit on African football. How is that going?
Johnny: It’s all going very well, if I am honest. Whilst I have done a number of previous public speaking engagements at events such as SoccerEx, as well as television and radio for the likes of Football Focus, Talk Sport and BBC World Service, this is the first time I have been in the analysts chair for live TV broadcasts. It is definitely a much more comfortable position to watch a game from compared to the …
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