‘When the alarms go off, you go into the safe room for around five or 10 minutes, then come back out and carry on with your day. It was a strange experience’ Rory Delap on coaching in Israel

Stoke City's Rory Delap prepares to launch his long throw in a game against Hull City.

Utter the name Rory Delap to most English football fans and the conversation will immediately pivot to long throws and cold, rainy nights in Stoke.

But there was far more to the former Potters star than the various cliches associated with Tony Pulis’ old side as a player and the 49-year-old has continued to add to his resume as a coach over the past few seasons.