I can never fathom myself rooting for a team on TV that is not Manchester United or Sarawak.
Until tonight that is. There i was eagerly awaiting for the early kick off game between Hartlepool and West Ham in the English FA 4th round.
Hartlepool? A team nicknamed the "Monkey Hangers"?
My association with Hartlepool all started over a coffee conversation i had with a close Scottish friend of mine at Suria KLCC more than a year ago. I griped to him of my association with Sarawak Football and a need for Sarawak to have a real professional outfit to link with and to benchmark with in the most professional manner as i view the best solution for Sarawak football is to run it as a club structure.
He said, "Zuraimi, hey Clint is sponsoring one English club ,get him on am sure he will help."
So the adventure began...it was fast and with full commitment,typical of us as a group of friends.
There was Richie Humphreys the club captain coming over to Kuching to give a brief coaching clinic and bit of know how of club management.
Then we sent 3 Sarawak players for a 6 weeks stint in the cold North East,Hartlepool. They came back i believe as better footballers.
I was also there few months back at Leicester watching the Hartlepool away game ,it was fun and also an eye opener on how football match should be organised.
So there i was tonight with my eyes glued to TV and rooting for Richie Humphreys and his team.
Well there was no upset,they lost 2-0 to the Hammers but typically you can see the players give their all to the game and yes Hartlepool i am proud to be associated with you all and to Russ Green(the CEO),Chris (Turner) the coach ," tough luck mate, it was a great game and am proud of the team".
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