How the Homeless World Cup turned life around for England´s Scottish 経営者／支配人
From homeless to England 経営者／支配人 in a 事柄 of years, Craig McManus’s 態度 and experience epitomise the Homeless World Cup, this year taking place in Cardiff.
McManus, 43, is in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the England men’s team at the 2019 競争 in むちの跡s this week, but in 2016 was appearing for Scotland as captain in his home city of Glasgow.
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McManus had experienced an “inconsistent 関係 with 麻薬s and alcohol for maybe a couple of １０年間s,” and after the death of his father in 2015 said his life “went downhill 極端に quickly”.
At that point he realised he had come to a 十字路／岐路.
“I had to make a 決定／判定勝ち（する） about what my life was going to be like,” McManus told PA. “It was either ‘go 負かす／撃墜する the life of 中毒’ or I had an 適切な時期 to do something different.
“I connected with an organisation called Street サッカー Scotland and went along for football practice on a 週刊誌 basis. I got 招待するd to the 裁判，公判s and I was really fortunate to become the captain of that team, in Glasgow, which was probably one of the proudest moments of my life.
“I remember playing England in the last game, and before the game thinking that my life doesn’t need to be the way it has been. The Homeless World Cup gave me a belief in myself, some 約束 in myself.”
After the 2016 tournament McManus began volunteering at Team England, a programme at UK 青年 homelessness charity Centrepoint, which uses football to help transform young people’s lives.
Having since risen to 経営者／支配人 of the men’s team, McManus’s 職業 is not to get this England team to 勝利，勝つ games, but to 焦点（を合わせる） on encouraging teamwork, resilience and self-認識／意識性 の中で other traits.
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“I think fundamentally what most of our players experience at some point is that 孤立／分離 and loneliness, and maybe a 欠如（する） of 目的,” said McManus.
“存在 part of Team England, 同様に as this tournament, 許すs them to grow, create 肯定的な 関係s and be part of something bigger than themselves.
“Not a lot of football 経営者／支配人s would say the result doesn’t 事柄. The most important thing about how we go about our 商売／仕事 is the 業績／成果 and how we 答える／応じる to 状況／情勢s.”
One of McManus’s players is Thomas, 18, from London. An outfielder who has stepped in as goalkeeper at short notice, Thomas was 具体的に表現するing the spirit of the 競争 before a ball had been kicked.
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Having spent part of his childhood in care, Thomas said he was “just a troublemaker really” 追加するing “in 第２位 school I was having a bit of trouble emotionally”.
He continued: “Centrepoint （機の）カム to me and said I could be in supported 住宅, so I’ve got my own studio flat and it 準備するs me to get my own flat in the 未来.
“When I first arrived at Centrepoint I didn’t know how to cook or manage money. I wasn’t really 独立した・無所属, and now I can manage money, cook, clean my 着せる／賦与するs. They (Centrepoint) help you get ready for the next 行う／開催する／段階 in life, 基本的に.”
Now in training as a coach, Thomas said that he has 設立する other players’ stories “really 利益／興味ing” while McManus 公式文書，認めるd that the tournament is a good chance for players to 反映する on their own 旅行.
“In this group a lot of young people have been Centrepoint 宿泊所 居住（者）s, and they have that in ありふれた, but there’s a lot of variance ーに関して／ーの点でs of where people are in their 旅行.
“It can 奮起させる others, and 明白に with 確かな individuals 許すs them to 反映する on what they’ve 達成するd over the last year.”
