Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Monday, May 01, 2017

Hail to the Kaiser!

Many thanks to Red Devil for alerting me to this brilliant article about Carlos Henrique Raposo (aka, "Kaiser"), a fascinating and enigmatic figure within Brazilian footballing circles. Despite having been  linked with half a dozen clubs during his "career," Kaiser went out of his way not to play any actual football. He is rightly known as the greatest con man in world football (and that's saying something!)

Check it out here:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman?CMP=fb_gu

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