{"id":238891,"date":"2023-10-19T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=238891"},"modified":"2023-10-19T14:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:07:32","slug":"im-an-ex-premier-league-boss-who-once-starred-alongside-the-godfather-star-robert-duvall-now-im-managing-in-india-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/im-an-ex-premier-league-boss-who-once-starred-alongside-the-godfather-star-robert-duvall-now-im-managing-in-india-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm an ex-Premier League boss who once starred alongside The Godfather star Robert Duvall.. now I'm managing in India | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
OWEN COYLE went from hitting the big screen with Robert Duvall to being a Premier League boss and he now manages in India.<\/p>\n
The Scot was a top-flight gaffer from 2009 to 2012 as he took charge of both Burnley and Bolton.<\/p>\n
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But during his playing days at Dunfermline Athletic, he starred in movie A Shot at Glory.<\/p>\n
The film released in 2002 is about fictional Scottish Second Division club Kilnockie FC as they aim to reach the cup final.<\/p>\n
It features Duval, who played Tom Hagen in The Godfather, as the team's manager.<\/p>\n
Ally McCoist has an acting role in the film as a veteran player that has fallen down the football pyramid and is married to the boss' daughter.<\/p>\n
Coyle plays himself in a cameo role as one of Kilnockie's star strikers.<\/p>\n Award-winning actors Micheal Keaton, Brian Cox and Cole Hauser are all cast in A Shot at Glory. <\/p>\n The movie received mixed reviews, scoring a 6.2\/10 on IMDb.<\/p>\n After Coyle time as a movie star and a Premier League manager, he then took jobs at Wigan, Houston Dynamo, Blackburn and Ross County.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n But in 2019, the 57-year-old made a shock move to two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin.<\/p>\n Just 15 matches later he left the club and spent a further two years in Asia with Jamshedpur.<\/p>\n Coyle returned to his homeland last season with Queen's Park but now finds himself back in India after returning to Chennaiyin.<\/p>\n They currently sit bottom of the league after three matches.<\/p>\n<\/picture>LION IN WAIT <\/span><\/p>\n
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