Thursday, March 19, 2009
Cha Bum Kun
I was interested to learn that the coach of ACL aspirants Suwon Bluewings is none other that Cha Bum Kun.
I didn't know much about Korea when I was growing up beyond what I saw on MASH but I did know the name of Cha Bum Kun.
Primarily of course because he was the first geezer I ever came across called Bum. For a teenage lad living the suburban nightmare that was hilarious, like a real life character in a Carry On movie.
He also happened to be the first Asian player I ever saw play. At the time he was playing for Eintracht Frankfurt and one night played played a European game against that lot from the far end of the Seven Sisters Road in Middlesex.
For some reason now long forgotten, selective memory perhaps, I went to the game. And saw Bum.
Later, much later, the first fully Asian game I saw featured South Korea and inded my first ACL game also involved a South Korean team.
How about that for a bunch of useless facts? And the opportunity to write Bum alot!
I didn't know much about Korea when I was growing up beyond what I saw on MASH but I did know the name of Cha Bum Kun.
Primarily of course because he was the first geezer I ever came across called Bum. For a teenage lad living the suburban nightmare that was hilarious, like a real life character in a Carry On movie.
He also happened to be the first Asian player I ever saw play. At the time he was playing for Eintracht Frankfurt and one night played played a European game against that lot from the far end of the Seven Sisters Road in Middlesex.
For some reason now long forgotten, selective memory perhaps, I went to the game. And saw Bum.
Later, much later, the first fully Asian game I saw featured South Korea and inded my first ACL game also involved a South Korean team.
How about that for a bunch of useless facts? And the opportunity to write Bum alot!