What is Les Reed (football manager)?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Les Reed | image = Les Reed.jpg | caption = Reed in August 2017 | fullname = Leslie Arnold Reed | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|12|12|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/17708/Les-Reed/overview |title=Manager profile: Les Reed|publisher=[[English Premier League|Premier League]]|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Wapping]], [[London]], England | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Centre forward]] | currentclub = | years1 = 19??–19?? | years2 = 19??–19?? | years3 = 19??–19?? | clubs1 = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] | clubs2 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] | clubs3 = [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = 0 | caps3 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2006 | managerclubs1 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] }} '''Leslie Arnold Reed''' (born 12 December 1952) is an [[English people|English]] [[Association football|football]] [[Coach (sports)|coach]]. He is the technical director of the [[The Football Association|Football Association]] (FA) since February 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/dec/21/les-reed-appointed-as-fa-technical-director-211218|title=Les Reed appointed as FA technical director|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|date=21 December 2018|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> He formerly served as technical director of the FA between 2002 and 2004. He was the manager of [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] between 14 November and 24 December 2006. From April 2010 and November 2018, Reed was Head of Football Development and the Vice-[[Chairman]] of Football at [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46137489|title=Southampton: Vice-chairman Les Reed leaves the club|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=8 November 2018|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> Reed was born in [[Wapping]], [[London]]. He was signed as a player for the [[Sports cl