Voetbalvereniging Be Quick '28 • Zwolle

I am BRITISH (I dont mind mates calling me "the euro-scouser" ) - my mother was of Scottish decent and father english - I went to school in england, but my formative years were during the wonderful 60's when I spent as much time as possible in LIVERPOOL , enjoying music of the "Beatles" and fell in love with the ALL REDS of LIVERPOOL FC at the time when the great manager Mr. Bill Shankly created a basis of succesful mentality that led to virtual domination of domestic (and European) football for much of the next 25 years.

Rafa Benitez has brought back that mentality and as I write this LFC are top of the premiere league with a small lead over "Chelski" and "Man U" and lost only twice so far this season in all matches. (I particularly enjoyed going to the win @Chelsea and @ PSV and as we also topped our champions league group...I shall be going to MADrid ...I have a low budget for following my team, and thanks to low prices of "EuroLines" "Easyjet" and "RyanAir" plus some occasional shared driving in "footy-mates" vehicles I can get to between 15-20 games a season (away, in Europe or "home " in LIVERPOOL) ...

I played football as a boy@ schoolboy level, and joined a local club in my mid-teens - and whilst i started my career in work-experience situation with a company in the WINE & spirit trade in LONDON (and studied "Strategic management") I was soon made CAPTAIN of the teams I played In (Saturday; Leigh & Sunday; Canvey) @ the age of about 18. I trained twice a week and enjoyed playing in the local league until I was about 26, and business travel made it difficult.

After working for 4 different companies in the "booze trade" I started my own service company partner in 1979 , we were succesful in a very economic method of moving WINES (especially from Italy) and handled 6 million botties in our first trading period (just over a year) Probably success came too early, but I then left the wine business and became a "freelance manager" organising entrepreneurial connections between companies from Europe, ASia & North America. And started Living "abroad" ( I speak French, German & Italian, but not yet Dutch..)

So what am I doing now?...well, in 1995 I sufferered a meningitis-induced coma, and was told that I was VERY LUCKY when I woke up one week after, I simply decided NOT to go back into business and since then have done (almost) everything opposite (not-for-profit)

I have a small income from an assurance company, and although I would appreciate some more "pocket money" I am very rich in my experiences and lifestyle - I can choose who & where to help people, in the last 13 years I have set up charities, organised events & concerts ; launched unknown bands & helped young musicians get started. (www.chrismith.eu), Helped redundant people start their own (ecological) enterprise ; been a (FREE) radio moderator ; made human rights actions, activism & peace marches etc ; and start creative projects and spend as much time as possible getting kids to play FOOTBALL, and understand the mentality I have learnt myself from "The REDS" and I COACH a team of 10/15 year olds in Kamperpoort, Zwolle, Last year I trained with an Antwerp team called LUNATICS and played for them several times. recently I organised a "NOT-WITHOUT -ME football & fun tournament charity") ... see more @ http://www.eured-san.net/Enw0me08.html

We plan to have a BIGGER tournament in ZWOLLE with teams also coming from LIVERPOOL, Brussels and other European cities @ te Be Quick stadium on the weekend of 19th-20th/21st JUNE 09. and I hope everyone will participate or support the events. It should be fun!!!!

Although I only played twice in the year before i joined bequick,I hope to contribute positively "something different" to the BeQuick 28 club in many ways and although I have not yet managed to play a full 90 minutes I am improving fitness through regular training _ hope that when I am fully fit to help team #10 win a game or two ... I hope my muscles will start to catch up with my mind�s imagination of how I SHOULD play...with hope.... You'll Never Walk Alone

Chris Smith