That is the nickname of a Harrogate wine merchant – Ian Skinner.He is part of the english team participating in the Seniors World Cup (SWC). Others in the amateur team of middle-aged Yorkshiremen, include a bank manager, two builders, and a driver for a sausage-making firm.The combined age of the team is more than 500 years !
Paul Bell – a chocolate company executive and the team’s manager says “We haven’t got Beckham or Rooney but we’re tough and can go the distance.”The series takes place in Bangkok .It is the third SWC but the first England have entered.They play Iran next week and Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates later.
The void created by the absence of the English team at Euro 2008 has been filled at the last minute by the Harrogate Veterans FC.Go veterans go…..!