Name: Tim Letheren
Referred to as: Big Tim, Tim L, Tim, Big, Mr. Big, Mr. Tim, Mr. T., Good Cop
Place & D.O.B: Liverpool, 29.11.76
Occupation: Marketing
Debut for BEFC: February-ish 2004
Position: Roving Centre-back, anywhere (in my mind)
Appearances: 50-odd
Goals: 12, but only 1 this season
Red/Yellow Cards: 1 red, 2 yellow
Former clubs: Sixth Allerton cubs, Wargrave Primary (Tom Finney shield winners, 1986), Aster FC (Funabashi League Div 3 runners-up, 2001), Toyota Cosmos
Strengths: The “boot into touch”, sheer size
Weaknesses: Recurring grazed knee injury, inability to stop when running with the ball
Famous for: Defeating all existing laws of probability by not winning a single toss in a full 11-a-side game in over a year and a half.
Footy team(s): Liverpool
Favourite player(s): Steve McMahon
Favourite food: Tofu, salmon sashimi, wotsits and minstrels
Favourite music: Tough one. On my stereo: The Beatles. In the karaoke box: A-Ha? Gerry and the Pacemakers? Yazz and the Plastic Population? Spandau? …impossible to answer.
Non-footy interests: Composing haiku, practicing ikebana, enjoying the view from Starbucks’ terrace, Shinjuku South Exit, on a sunny afternoon. (only one of these is actually true.)