Macauley Musgrave was looking forward to his new role with Carlisle City after completing a stint in Norwegian football.
But he will have to wait a little longer after yesterday’s FA Vase tie at Crook Town was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
The 28-year-old Musgrave has been recruited by City manager Dan Kirkup to be his assistant at the Northern League club.
He put on one training session on Thursday night and it impressed Kirkup who confessed he was looking forward to working with the Maryport-born Musgrave.
The West Cumbrian has previously worked with current Penrith manager Darren Edmondson; with Danny Grainger, former Workington manager now assistant at Morecambe and under John Friel at Carlisle United Under-14s.
He was assistant head coach at Consett when they gained promotion to the NPL.
He’s also worked in Lithuania, as well as Norway and as spell in the far south west of England at Mousehole in Cornwall.
Currently he’s doing freelance work as an analyst and scout for clubs in Germany and Norway.
He and his partner have been based in Kirkoswald for the last seven years and he has turned out for the village team.
“I was coaching with a Norwegian third tier club and was unable to stay because I couldn’t get another visas. It wasn’t considered elite, as that only applies to the top two tiers.
“Dan got in touch about linking up with City and that was perfect for me to get involved with after coming back from Norway,” he said.
He had been 16 and at Lakes College when he had his first serious involvement in semi-pro football.
“My tutor was Darren Edmondson who was manager at Workington in National North and he got me doing analysis.
“It was a start but I then did an apprenticeship with the Electricity Board so football was sort of put aside for a spell.
“I was 21 when I had moved to Kirkoswald that I got involved with Danny Grainger’s Academy at Penrith.
“When he was manager with the Reds he had me travelling for half a season and doing analysis for him.
“After that I got more into coaching and tried to get as much experience as possible.
“I was with a Second Division club in Lithuania, came back and worked at Carlisle United before going down to Mousehole in Cornwall.
“The last assignment was in Norway, but that ended because of the visa situation,” he said.
Musgrave believes all coaches should be able to analyse and all analysts should be able to coach.
He’s packed a lot of varied football outposts into the last few years and Carlisle City are the latest to benefit from his experiences.
