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St Mirren academy director Allan kids succeed and the best moments in his career.

What’s the wisest advice you’ve received?

Plan for life after football. Football’s an unbelievable experience, but it will come to an end and there will still be bills to pay and your family, so it’s very important that you have one eye on life after football. lesson you learned doing your UEFA A coaching licence? Being disciplined and using your time wisely. What’s the most important part of your role?

Making sure that when a player’s journey in the academy ends, their experience has been a positive one – and they’ve developed not just as footballers but, more importantly, as young human beings.

What gives you the most job satisfaction?

A young player making their firstteam debut.

What’s been your career highlight? Being involved in numerous cup finals and championship run-ins.

MOTHERWELL

TODAY 12PM, FIR PARK

Motherwell’s interim boss is known to many as the man whose post-match interview inspired the

Daily Record headline “David de Gea or Stuart Kettlewell? Manchester United goalkeeper shocked by lookalike Ross

County boss”.

More results like Wednesday’s 2-1 win against St Mirren, however, and he could become better known for transforming what’s been a dismal season

VS so far for The Well. That result lifted them to ninth in the table, but they face a tough test today against third-placed Hearts. With 17 goals, striker Lawrence Shankland is second only to Celtic’s Kyogo Furuhashi in the Premiership’s top scorers table, and he scored in 3-2 and 3-0 wins for the Jambos in this season’s previous meetings between them and the men from Fir Park.