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26-05-2007, 17:00
http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/mowbray.jpgBaggies boss Tony Mowbray rolled up his sleeves today to help hard-pressed office staff deal with the queues of fans collecting their tickets.
The manager teamed up with Albion players, including skipper Curtis Davies, to the delight of supporters counting down the hours to their Wembley play-off final.
And he revealed how he gets away from the pressure of the promotion crunch - by heading for the park and feeding the ducks with two-year-old son Lucas.
Family life in Knowle, with wife Amber, Lucas and latest arrival Max, is providing the perfect pressure release valve for him ahead of the biggest game of his managerial career.
“You switch off naturally from football when you’ve got a two-and-a-half-year-old clinging on to your leg and telling you he wants to go for a walk and feed the ducks,” he said.
Meanwhile, tills at West Bromwich Albion’s club shop haven’t stopped ringing since the Baggies made the Championship play-off final by beating their rivals Wolves in the Black Country semi-final double-header.
Within hours of the final whistle, a delivery of customised Wembley flags in the club’s familiar blue and white colours were being unpacked at The Hawthorns for Wembley-bound supporters.
These were followed by lorry-loads more of special play-off merchandise.
The club shop, in the club’s East Stand, has been inundated with thousands of fans, especially during the past three days, as people visit the ground to pick up their Wembley tickets.
The shop has opened at least an hour early all week, and even at 7am on Tuesday morning when the sought-after Wembley tickets were first up for collection.
The most popular lines have proved to be the £6 flags, which bear the Baggies’ famous Boing-Boing goal celebration, and the £3 horns.
The club has restocked several times over but has now sold out of certain sizes in some of its clothing.
Shop manager Teresa Howells said: “As well as the special play-off items, the new away strip has been flying off the shelves.
“Everyone’s exhausted but the atmosphere is great. Let’s hope the Baggies can do it.”
By Marion Brennan
More... (http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/05/26/tony-rolls-sleeves-up/)
The manager teamed up with Albion players, including skipper Curtis Davies, to the delight of supporters counting down the hours to their Wembley play-off final.
And he revealed how he gets away from the pressure of the promotion crunch - by heading for the park and feeding the ducks with two-year-old son Lucas.
Family life in Knowle, with wife Amber, Lucas and latest arrival Max, is providing the perfect pressure release valve for him ahead of the biggest game of his managerial career.
“You switch off naturally from football when you’ve got a two-and-a-half-year-old clinging on to your leg and telling you he wants to go for a walk and feed the ducks,” he said.
Meanwhile, tills at West Bromwich Albion’s club shop haven’t stopped ringing since the Baggies made the Championship play-off final by beating their rivals Wolves in the Black Country semi-final double-header.
Within hours of the final whistle, a delivery of customised Wembley flags in the club’s familiar blue and white colours were being unpacked at The Hawthorns for Wembley-bound supporters.
These were followed by lorry-loads more of special play-off merchandise.
The club shop, in the club’s East Stand, has been inundated with thousands of fans, especially during the past three days, as people visit the ground to pick up their Wembley tickets.
The shop has opened at least an hour early all week, and even at 7am on Tuesday morning when the sought-after Wembley tickets were first up for collection.
The most popular lines have proved to be the £6 flags, which bear the Baggies’ famous Boing-Boing goal celebration, and the £3 horns.
The club has restocked several times over but has now sold out of certain sizes in some of its clothing.
Shop manager Teresa Howells said: “As well as the special play-off items, the new away strip has been flying off the shelves.
“Everyone’s exhausted but the atmosphere is great. Let’s hope the Baggies can do it.”
By Marion Brennan
More... (http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/05/26/tony-rolls-sleeves-up/)
