Many people have come up with wild and wonderful ideas at the pub. Most come to nothing, some get tested, and for Louis Perry, one creates a football club that makes it into the UEFA Europa Conference League.
He moved to Gibraltar before the country at the tip of Spain had joined UEFA, having played for his county’s Under-18s team back in England and competed in some men’s football. After being unable to find a club to play for at his new home, Perry took matters into his own hands.
As he explains to World Soccer: “My nan had a bar in Gibraltar called Bruno’s Bar & Restaurant at the time. I basically went to them and said: ‘I’m an expat, there’s loads of expats around, would you sponsor the team?’ They said yeah, paid the £500 per team and Bruno’s Magpies was formed.”
The second half of that name is down to Mick Embleton, a
