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April 6, 2020 62 mins

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Episode seven of the Academy Football Network Podcast sees Richard Shaw visit the studio. 

Richard Allen is a long servant of the game, having progressed as a scholar at Crystal Palace, Richard made 207 appearances of the Eagles before joining Coventry City making a further 317 appearances. Richard finished his playing career at Millwall. Richard was ever-present in the Millwall side, winning the club's "Player of the Year" award in the process, the third club at which he had won this accolade.

Richard was appointed caretaker manager of Millwall in October 2007 before taking over at Coventry City. Richard since joined Crystal Palace holding a number of different coaching roles, the most recent being U23s manager. Richard has overseen 5 players transition into the 1st team under his tenure including Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Richard is now looking forward to continuing his coaching journey in the US and has a number of ventures including Tornado Football https://www.tornado-football.com

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