Fair dinkum all-rounder Jon Brady found himself on the same Pro Licence coaching badge course as Wayne Rooney earlier this month.
The first Australian manager to win promotion in English football had little time to dwell on Northampton Town's elevation to League One, expanding his qualifications in exalted company during the close season. Rooney, Jonathan Woodgate and Kieron Dyer were among his classmates as the Cobblers boss added to the bibs and cones of an upwardly mobile coach.
“When you walk into a room and see a bloke who won 120 caps for England, you don't feel starstruck when you're on a course which puts you through such rigorous testing,” said Brady, 48.
