* FIVE days a week Howard Sammeroff is the suave businessman, but at
weekends his business acquaintances could be forgiven if they did not
recognise him, covered in glaur keeping goal for Yoker Athletic.
At 35, Howard may be a young businessman, but he is a veteran
goalkeeper. His career included two seasons in senior football with
Motherwell during which he was signed by Ally McLeod, played under David
Hay, and was given a free transfer by Jock Wallace.
He also had eight seasons with Pollok, one of Scotland's leading
junior teams.
Today Howard combines his Saturday appearances for Yoker with running
his own import-export business, D.L.Supplies Import Limited, which
involves him having to occasionally let his team mates get on without
him as he jets off on business to the Far East to destinations such as
Hong Kong, Bangkok and Taiwan.
Howard explains: ''I have to visit our suppliers to arrange new
orders, check out new products and make sure that the quality of the
goods is being maintained.''
His company imports haberdashery and fancy goods items, including 18
million drawing pins.
Howard says: ''We have a range of more than 200 products which we sell
to the big cash-and-carry concerns and many of our products end up in
the local corner shop.''
Future business travels could take him to China in search of new
products and he hopes to visit the Canton Trade Fair.
Howard, the goalkeeper, admits: ''I may have to think of retiring at
the end of the season. Yoker have been very good to me. They allow me to
train only one night a week, but my business commitments are increasing
and I also have a young family which I want to spend more time with.''
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