Andrew Powlesland is, proudly, a jack of all trades. "I think it's a good thing to have multiple skills and while I know the saying is 'master of none', I hope I have a few high-level competencies as well!"
Now Liverpool’s head of Academy business operations, most of his career, until he was hired by the Reds in 2014, was a multi-functional combination of semi-professional basketball, coaching, and education.
So while the man himself was modest enough to think “Liverpool Football Club wouldn’t want me” when a recruitment agency sounded out his services six years ago, his CV suggests a perfect fit inside the philosophy at Kirkby.