Jan Poortvliet spent two years as a carpenter riding his bicycle 30 miles to and from work every day before getting his big break in football.
In today’s first part of the Daily Echo’s definitive interview with Saints’ head coach, also Poortvliet reveals that he could so easily have missed out on the chance the chance of a career in professional football.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/3653095.Remarkable_story_of_Jan_Poortvliet/