{"id":203433,"date":"2025-06-21T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203433\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T20:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:53:15","slug":"former-championship-manager-44-now-working-at-bristol-airport-as-picture-of-him-in-uniform-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/203433\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Championship manager, 44, now working at Bristol Airport as picture of him in uniform goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

A FORMER Championship manager has swapped wingers for wings – by taking a job at Bristol Airport. <\/p>\n

And fans could barely believe their eyes as he opted for a high-viz instead of a high line.<\/p>\n

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Luke Williams was dismissed as Swansea manager in FebruaryCredit: Getty\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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He has taken on a new job helping those with mobility difficulties at Bristol AirportCredit: https:\/\/x.com\/MEK230402<\/p>\n

Ex-Swindon and Notts County chief Luke Williams was Swansea boss from January 2024 until his sacking in February 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The London-born gaffer, 44, was placed on gardening leave.<\/p>\n

But despite no doubt receiving a pay-off from the Welsh club when axed four months ago, he was keen to do something worthwhile during his time out of the game. <\/p>\n

So much so that as he awaits a new stint in a dugout, kind-hearted Williams has undertaken a gig helping disabled and limited-mobility passengers around the Bristol Airport terminal, as reported by The Athletic<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He started the job two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

And it did not take long for a photo of him at his new workplace to go viral. <\/p>\n

The snap showed humble Williams wearing his yellow reflective vest uniform and lanyard coming out of the lift in Bristol<\/a>. <\/p>\n

An X<\/a> user wrote: “Luke Williams gone from managing the Swans to working in Bristol Airport, someone check VAR.”<\/p>\n

CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM \u00a310 DEPOSITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

One replied: “He’s just doing this because he’s bored, he genuinely doesn’t care about others’ opinions and you have to respect it.”<\/p>\n

Another commented: “Fair play to the guy.”<\/p>\n

Former Premier League manager is told ‘f— you’ by his own player before he shushes him in furious Club World Cup row<\/p>\n

A third joked: “Managing in the top flight.”<\/p>\n

A fourth added: “Cardiff City fan here with nothing but respect for this. Call me woke if you want. (*best believe I’ll turn up in full bluebirds kit when I fly out next week)”<\/p>\n

And a final person typed: “Clearly has a massive work ethic. Good luck to him!”<\/p>\n

Williams told The Guardian<\/a> in 2024 that he places a strong emphasis on commitment and dedication, declaring: “In\u00a0my opinion, motivation in life is everything.”<\/p>\n

He also revealed how he loaded lorries for BHS and drove minibuses to and from nightclubs and airports to fund his early coaching career.<\/p>\n

In those days, he collected \u00a31.50 for every player who attended his sessions. <\/p>\n

Williams also applied for an electrician course when he left his coaching role with Swansea<\/a> under Russell Martin in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A FORMER Championship manager has swapped wingers for wings – by taking a job at Bristol Airport. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,9030,393,4884,189,24135,35558,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-203433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-championship","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-section-sportfootball","14":"tag-section-sportfootballchampionship","15":"tag-swansea-city","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114723343851308729","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}