Fantasy
Player Interviews
INTERVIEW 4 - 29TH
DEC 2003
OUR 4TH INTERVIEWEE IS ALAN
HEATON A FRIEND AND EX WORKMATE OF MINE .
Alan , before we start tell us a
bit about yourself for those that don't know you !
I am 34 years old, married to Rhian
for 10 years,with three children, Laura aged 11, Naomi aged 9 and
Liam aged 7. I have lived in Euxton all my life, and
have been a follower of Man City for 27 years through
thick and thin
1 - This is your 2nd time in our league Al , how did
you come to know Cliff the organiser of it ?
I met Cliff @ Coopers Taxis, when we were both driving
drunks around the streets of Chorley. I took him under my
wing and kept him on the straight and narrow(NOT).
We became goods friends and suffered some tough times together!
2 - What football team do you support ? How do you
think they'll do this season ?
I am a true blue through and through. Man city if they
get their act together could finish top 6, but they need to start
scoring some goals
3 - I understand you have several knicknames such
as 'Chunk' and 'Big Al' , can you enlighten us ?
Well I would like to say it is cause I am hung like
a horse, but unfortunately it is probably because I am an ex Pro
Rugby League player and weigh 20 Stone!!
4 - What are your musical tastes ?
I have a varied taste, probably easy listening.
5 - If you were a type of food what would you be
& why ?
A roast potato, because I am hard as rock on the outside,
soft as slush on the inside, and the kind of person you could
take to your parents on a Sunday !!!
6 - 1 of your children arrived unexpectedly , I
believe , do you want to tell us the story ?
1 Cliff you mean all 3. I received a phone call on
Saturday April 18th telling me I had a baby daughter. We started
trying for the 2nd and she came home a month later
7 month pregnant. Then to top it all she woke me one Sunday
morning @ 07-30 telling me to get up as she was in
labour. At 08-50 I was a dad again. Needless to say the ‘SNIP’
closely followed !!!
7 - Any funny Coopers Taxis or Eddie Stobart stories
to tell us ?
We once had an agency driver turn up for work, and
some one gave him some keys and told him he was going to
Bristol. About 8 hours later, he returned, he was asked
if everything was OK he replied yes , there alright them trucks
when you get used to them. The manager asked what he
meant, the agency man replied ‘I only came in to drive a
fork lift’.
8 - You've just won £5 million on the lottery
, what's the first 3 things you'd buy ?
A Range Rover Vogue, A holiday to Disneyland Florida
for the family. A nice big house with all the luxuries.
9 - What Car(s) do you currently drive ?
A Peugoet 406 Turbo Diesel
10 - Favourite TV Programmes ?
I like real life Docs, like ‘Airport’ and ‘Cops’ etc….
11 - Favourite Films ?
Heat, Top Gun, GI Jane
12 - What's your Pet Hate ?
2nd Lane hoggers on the Motorway.
13 - You've just become Prime Minister . What are
the 1st 3 policies you'd push thru'.
Make Cigarettes £10 a pack. Make people pay 50%
tax on earnings over 10,000 a week, People can’t start driving
till they are 21.
14 - What's your favourite past-time ?
Sport and Computers
15 - Your alone on a desert island and a genie appears
and grants you 3 things you could have with you what
would they be ?
Demi Moore, I ample supply of food and water, nice
weather.
16 - I believe you live in a village called Euxton
pronounced Exton . Sell Euxton to us ? Why should we want
to move there ?
You don’t Euxton is a nice quiet village, lets keep
it that way, we don’t need anymore..
Cheers for that Al - Thanx
!
