No, Brian hasn’t resigned! Where they originated from is unclear, but on Wednesday 16 |
Brian Rice resignation rumours untrue! |
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September, a
rumour began spreading throughout the cab trade that
DaC Chairman, Brian Rice, had resigned. By Friday, the rumours had reached fever pitch with Board members having heard and asking Brian if he had anything to tell them! But he still hadn’t heard them! In the meantime, Call Sign’s phone was overrun with queries on the Chairman’s position, rather |
than news stories! One trade
writer even phoned the editor at 1am to ask him if it was true!
Call Sign asked Dial-a-Cab’s Chairman if he knew where the stories had come from, but he had no clue. One trade organisation leader also received a stream of queries asking the question: Has Brian Rice resigned? So the answer is no. But it does means another photo in the mag…! |
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Book Review |
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TORRES An intimate portrait of the kid who became king… (Corinthian Books, £7.99) |
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If you can break
into the first team of the world’s greatest soccer teams by the
time you are 18 years old, the chances are that you are a pretty
useful player. If by that age you’re made captain, then you are
more than just useful! Fernando Torres is more than just useful, with adjectives such as brilliant and superb constantly being used to describe him. Indeed, the sub title of sports journalist Luca Caioli’s new book on Torres calls it; An intimate portrait of the kid who became king! Fernando Torres was born in 1984 and was already playing junior league football at an age when most kids are still looking for a wall to kick their ball against! He was spotted by a scout and signed junior forms for top Spanish club Athletico Madrid, where in addition to dreaming of representing his country at football one day, an added dream was that of becoming a pop star! But his football skills were such that there was never going to be a choice and at the tender age of 17, he was selected to make his Athletico debut against Leganés. In his second match just one week later, he scored his first goal and a legend was about to begin. His final tally for Athletico was 82 goals in 174 games and that was good enough for Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez to sign him and give him what many described as the ‘honour’ of continuing in the number 9 shirt, worn with such distinction by previous centre forwards of the Anfield Reds such as Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen. The contract was for 6 years and paid him 6.5 million euros. He proved his worth by knocking in 34 goals in his first season! This book tells a story of one of very few footballers that transcend their ability from being very good into being a footballer that their team could not be without. Indeed, when Fernando left Athletico Madrid, the fans arranged a mock funeral! Yet he |
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his name as a diplomat by actually attending the funeral, dressed in
black and saying that he felt of his old club exactly how the fans
felt about him. He added that one day he would return. He still has that ability because according to the book, when recently asked whether he would prefer to leave Liverpool for Barcelona or Real Madrid, his answer was that he would only want to stay with Liverpool! In March of this year, he showed why with one of the 4 goals Liverpool scored in the Champions League against the might of Real Madrid. The book contains many quotes from top sports journalists as well as Liverpool fans, it also has 8 pages of colour photos taken through his career and so far as the football life of Fernando Torres goes, this book covers it all. Ok, a few more photos might have been nice, but the bottom line is that this book does exactly what it says on the cover and for football fans, that represents a good read… CALL SIGN HAS THREE COPIES OF ‘TORRES’ TO GIVE AWAY! Just tell us how many goals Fernando Torres scored in his first Liverpool season. Name, Callsign and postal address to callsignmag@aol.com by October 10. |
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