Profile Featurette #10

The Man
aka. Rec Centre Guy.

The Man is a man many would call a hero. he alone created the indoor soccer league, whic the best teams in the world curently play.

He has seen teams the likes of the Mean McCleans, The Arrogance, The Challenge, Equinov, Vietnamese Fantasy, Iraq, and of course, The Sam, come through his doors on their way to stardom.

He started the competition way back in 1911, when the groundskeeper of Kelburn Park refused to let the teams onto the pitch because of spectulation of ball hampering.

So The Man opened the gym to the teams and created a new league. 'Mathew & Son' won it the first 7 years, and back then, they only had a five minute break for a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cake.

Then the original Team Africa came in the 1930's, and their striker JJ bacame the top scorer ever.

Competition was halted during the war years, but resumed with the coming of Mean McCleans.

The Man has had his problems too. He was directly involved in an incident with Mean McCleans when a player did a diving tackle, resulting in one of The Arrogance players pulling his hair.

He also had to deal with the scandels of mid 2006 with The Challenge and Equinov. Eqinov's match-fixing apparantly meant that they were paying The Man to let them win. And The Challenge were illegally trying to buy up and coming Vietnamese Fantasy's players as they were all getting too old.

The Man is still theman of the rec however, and his job is an envyable one. The Sam salutes The Man.