Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos will probably be taking part in for a Shropshire pub staff in a Sunday League fit.
The Bull within the Barne gained the full-back in a ‘dream switch raffle’ on eBay, with the 48-year-old set to seem as an alternative choice to a Shrewsbury & District fixture in February.
Striker and membership secretary Matthew Brown informed BBC Radio Shropshire: “You pay £5 to go into the raffle for an opportunity to have a professional signal to your staff. One in every of our lads stated in a bunch chat ‘let’s simply give it a cross’ and we ended up successful it.
“On Friday afternoon, our supervisor, Ed Speller, despatched a message to mention we gained the contest and none folks believed him. We concept he was once having us on.
“I went out on Friday evening and aroused from sleep with a little of a sore head on Saturday and I had messages from other people pronouncing ‘is it true about Roberto Carlos?’ and at that time, I used to be considering ‘it may possibly’t have came about, it’s only a dream’.”
Carlos gained 3 Champions League and 4 Los angeles Liga titles in his star-studded occupation, in addition to lifting the Global Cup in 2002, occurring to play 125 occasions for his nation.
Brown persisted: “We play on a pitch subsequent to Hanwood Village Corridor. The converting room is right kind Sunday league, beautiful elementary, a few the showers don’t paintings.
“There was communicate of transferring the sport in other places for the reason that automotive park is tiny.
“Our same old crowd is most commonly simply a few members of the family, however we do have two oldsters, Mr and Mrs Turrall, who’re there rain or shine observing us.”
“I feel he can discuss English, eBay launched a few movies – however I don’t know if he’ll perceive the Shropshire accessory,” Brown joked.
