befc.tokyo - Keith Crowley

Name: Keith Crowley
Referred to as: Lobster
Place & D.O.B: Birmingham, England - 11.4.59
Occupation: Project Manager ...& managing BEFC!

Debut for BEFC: 1998
Position: Goalkeeper (...& sometimes Center Back)
Appearences: over 100 ...
Goals: about 4 believe it or not!!
Red/yellow: one yellow -honest I pulled out of the punch!
Former Clubs: Meadows Primary, Hill Top Utd
Strengths: ...experience :-)
Weaknesses: ...too slow due to old age & dogy knee + poor eye site
Famous for: ...kamikaze goalkeeping & resulting injuries-black eyes, broken nose etc.

Footy team(s): SB Dynamos (manager), Aston Villa
Favorite player(s): Brazil 1970 WC winners, Dutch 1974/78 WC runners up
Favorite food: Cheese on toast, sushi
Favorite music: PInk Floyd, Springsteen, Santana
Non footy interests: Photography & drawing cartoons

Keith is like the gatekeeper for BEFC. If something happened to Keith the universe according would defy the laws of physics retract on itself and implode (...or something). On the pitch he is known for teaching some of the younger lads a thing or too about how footy was and should be played, and amazes those still a little "wet behind the ears" with his crunching sliding tackles or goalie charges (occasionally resulting in broken noses - see pic). However not only has he effectively manned the posts for many years, or dropped the gloves and stood firm as central defender when somebody else claimed to be a goalie, he basically is also the club liaison officer, social/events director, assistant coach, fixtures director, communications officer, sports artist, head orange peeler, etc etc etc... you probably get it. Keith does bloody everything. He is the heart and soul to the club with little recognition or reward and without him BEFC wouldn't exist. A gentleman off the pitch he also has a neat hobby in cartoons and has created a legacy for departing BEFC players to recieve a spookily life-like, framed cartoon image.