I remember watching Leo play Chatham Cup for Olympic at the Basin Reserve in the 90s when we were both at Coll. He can be rightly proud of a fine career. And as everyone here has said, he's the nicest guy out.
He's bought the license for Coerver New Zealand I think, so we might well see a more of him in the future.
Comes from a humble background too - I used to be involved with Bruce Holloway of Hamilton's "Sitter!" football fanzine in the 1990's to early 2000's and I remember teenage Leo didn't have a pair of boots when he left to trial for Barnsley in England about 15 years ago.
Bruce Holloway bought him a pair with money from "Sitter!" sales. Any proceeds from the fanzine used to be ploughed back into local football causes.
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"BILLY'S BOOTS: Remember Billy Dane? The kid who found an ancient pair of football boots that once belonged to professional footballer Dead-Shot Keen? And how those boots magically enabled Billy to play superbly in Dead-Shot's style?
If you do remember it you'll probably know that Billy's Boots ran for years, beginning in issue one of Scorcher in 1970 (as reviewed here) and continuing seemingly forever in the pages of Tiger. As was the tradition of most comic strips, Billy never aged, remaining approximately 12 years old throughout the decades. This became increasingly bizarre for long term readers but ideal for newer generations to relate to him..."
