From Mistakes to Glory

While watching the world cup and becoming embroiled entirely in action, (how did that happen?) I began to appreciate how factors that occur in the past can help shape a more informed future. 

I began to see the flood of tweets coming through following the nail-biting penalty shoot-out between England and Columbia, particularly about England Manager - Gareth Southgate. 

Now for those old enough, myself firmly include in that, Gareth missed a vital penalty back in Euro '96 when England drew 1-1 against Germany, and England's hopes came to an end.

But that dark moment for him back then has no doubt fuelled a fire to study and understand every aspect of the perfect penalty.  Just sometimes experiencing something that did not go in your favour can be turned into something positive - and oh has it ever.

The day after the match a barrage of posts flooded Twitter with the hashtag: #GarethSouthgateWould, where the nation began tweeting how his compassion (even with the opposition), coupled with personal experience and excellent management skills helped bring the team through.