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Alongside his assistant, Julian Gray, rookie manager talks about the state of play for black coaches and trying to lift his club off the bottom of League Two Colin Kazim-Richards accepts the enormity of the task of improving the situation at Crawley Town, who sit bottom of League Two after seven games.

But on the evidence of what he’s seen, the head coach is sure better times lie ahead.

On a late summer’s afternoon at Crawley’s training ground in Sussex, Kazim-Richards, sat alongside his assistant, Julian Gray, the pair arriving at Crawley in April and managing to save the club from relegation to the National League on the final day, speaks of the challenges ahead and how the team’s league position only tells part of the story. Continue reading.

Crawley’s manager, Colin Kazim-Richards, and his assistant Julian Gray (right). Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianView image in fullscreenCrawley’s manager, Colin Kazim-Richards, and his assistant Julian Gray (right). Photograph: Martin Godwin/The GuardianCrawley Town‘Is there still a glass ceiling?

Of course’: Kazim-Richards fights for breakthrough at CrawleyAlongside his assistant, Julian Gray, rookie manager talks about the state of play for black coaches and trying to lift his club off the bottom of League Two Colin Kazim-Richards accepts the enormity of the task of improving the situation at Crawley Town, who sit bottom of League Two after seven games.

But on the evidence of what he’s seen, the head coach is sure better times lie ahead.

On a late summer’s afternoon at Crawley’s training ground in Sussex, Kazim-Richards, sat alongside his assistant, Julian Gray, the pair arriving at Crawley in April and managing to save the club from relegation to the National League on the final day, speaks of the challenges ahead and how the team’s league position only tells part of the story.

“The results are not showing the work we’ve done it’s more a case of when the process is going to start showing,” Kazim-Richards says. “We’ve got 16 new players, eight, nine debuts and different connections. So loads of ins, loads of outs, and trying to get over the mentality of last season. It’s not a task that is just a week, two weeks, or a three-week process.

“As players you don’t really understand what it entails as a manager. You’re trying to churn out results within trying to do the process that you want. The recruitment, gelling people character-wise, mentality-wise, implementing a new structure, implementing a new standard within the club, and not just the football side. But it ultimately falls down on the results.

” Kazim-Richards and Gray came through the Arsenal academy as players, albeit at different times. Gray was part of the first-team squad from 1996 to 2000, making a single appearance. Seven years his junior, Kazim-Richards never made it to the first team but kept an eye on Gray and identified a role model he could emulate.

“He’s someone that we would look at and be like: ‘Raa, I want to be like Julian,’” Kazim-Richards says. “He was from where we’re from and was in an Arsenal first team. ” Gray, whose clubs include Crystal Palace, Coventry and Fulham, has coached youth-level groups at Arsenal’s Hale End academy, as well as at Birmingham, another of his former clubs.

He explains how that experience is serving him at Crawley. “You learn different things, and you also want to challenge yourself,” says the 47-year-old. View image in fullscreenKazim-Richards and Gray share a joke on the training ground.

Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian“I always believe that I’m coaching to help the players be better and pass on my knowledge and experience. It’s the same whatever age group I coach. It’s my job to improve the players. Whether it’s 1% or 10%, that depends on them. First and foremost, I have to understand them, and that’s always been a big thing for me.

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