AS MARK Wotte talks about his playing days there is a twinge of regret in his voice.

A career cut short by injury, the high point of which came as a teenager, appears something he hasn’t fully reconciled in his own head.

Yet when you hear him speak of his early life it’s fairly clear that the very reason his time as a footballer was limited is probably what has led to him becoming a successful coach.

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