Town skipper Luke Chambers is spending this week in Northern Ireland looking to add to his coaching badges.

The 30-year-old, who started working for his badges during his time with Nottingham Forest, is working his his UEFA A License with the Irish Football Association, with whom ex-Blues boss and skipper Jim Magilton is the elite performance director.

Chambers has long-held ambitions to go into management a few years down the line when he has to hang up his boots.

“I want to be a manager when I finish playing, that’s something I’ve thought about and it’s what I want to do,” he told the club site early last year.

“I want to stay in the game and I think I’d be suited to a managerial role.”

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rinkydinkpanther added 13:39 - Jun 3 I'd advise that he works on his playing badges first.
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Elto added 14:01 - Jun 3 Future manager. Taking over from MM in 2025. His first task will be defending our position as Champions of England and Europe.
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weevil added 14:55 - Jun 3 I think Chambers will make a great coach, he's got intelligence on the field and seems a very personable chap.
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Penguinblue added 14:56 - Jun 3 This can only be good news. Maybe he will learn to do something other than hoof the ball. Mind you how good can these badges be if the hoofball supremo McCarthy has them?
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ITFCGloryDays added 15:27 - Jun 3 Ahhh, that old chestnut! Not gone to Wales then...
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ChestnutSe added 16:25 - Jun 3 Love the positivity Elto
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Seasider added 16:33 - Jun 3 Our Jim is still working in the game then,as hadn't heard about him recently.
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runningout added 18:33 - Jun 3 Chambers still has a lot of room for improvement as a defender in my book... Hope he knows
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corfu72 added 20:33 - Jun 3 Well done Luke,keep the good work up.You have all the credentials to make a good coach/manager in the future.
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MichaelRockyLavelle added 07:18 - Jun 4 Imagine Chambo in a sharp suit, sprinting down the sideline hurling his iconic fist pump to a victory. As much as he may seem to lack in ability at times, No one can his passion. I dream of the day he leads the squad in a fist pump, as we smash in the doors of the premier league. Announcing the return of the Suffolk Punch, I hope in my lifetime I can see Town back in the limelight, as the plucky underdog of English football....

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Porridge123 added 09:18 - Jun 4 Good luck to him. Can only be good for us to help him bring along some of the young talent we have particularly across the back 4 whilst he's still playing and would love to see him step into a Mark Kennedy type role after he hangs up his boots
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Hegansheroes added 10:53 - Jun 4 Chambers as a coach, heaven help us, is this a joke.
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