Footballers live in fear of what the future holds once they hang up their boots - but Gary Dicker counts himself lucky not to be in that boat as he pursues a definite plan of attack.
Schooled in the League of Ireland with UCD before a solid 15-year career in English and Scottish football, the Dubliner retired at the end of January.
At that point, he was player-coach with Brighton’s Under-23s but the opportunity to become their Under-18 manager was too good to turn down.
