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PEOPLED THE HERALD Soccer columnist got a new start in Canada By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Uft Some people go through life planning their every move and knowing exactly Ibey to have achieved by each birthday Others just let life carry them along and he best of things as they The Heralds candid and soccer columnist Tough la somewhere in the middle I believe in going through life with a contingency plan be Bays The other part of the character is to wait until a thing happens before 1 a final decision lib decision to come to Canada results from just a belief The break down of his marriage left him with plies of debt and emotional problems I gone as low as I could he says Mentally and I was in terrible shape And the economy t so good either If my Job in northern England ever folded up where would I go I decided that rather than go back to Scotland I emigrate and start fresh I looked at lis and New Zealand and Canada Under no stances would I go to Africa and I particularly pressed by the Americans met So it was a toss up between Canada and New FAMILY He had widowed with two children in Georgetown and she helped with the deci slon because he had no family in New Zealand It was rather funny the way our two families come to de cide on our move he says My sister has had two heart operations so sometimes got concerned about who would care for her children If anything ever happened to her She and the children had a vote on which one of the relatives would be best to try and move to Canada and I was the choice In summer of 1974 he was Invited over for a visit without his own children It was the first time he had been away from the trauma and he even put on a bit of weight an unheard of thing for him When he returned his firm was in a turmoil lie started researching costs and money saving methods for his cm and came to the eon elusion that they needed to cut back production in certain areas That would result in laying off some employees and letting others retire early and the usual ways of reducing Staff His own job was one of the ones ihey phased out Alex Tough start of a at He alio plays on the They wanted to keep me but they were amalgamating my job with another one and Ihe other fellow had senior he says In a way I dug my own little hole Immigrating I the easy proposition one might expect for a man with his educational background It took him 14 months rather lhan the six monlru usually required to convince the Canadian autho rities that he could make a go of it here His age was against him as well as ihe fact thai he had no assets he says riliesfeli that If he hod had a Irade or some special skill to contribute to work force he would be all right but since he chartered secretary ho d have problems finding work A chartered secretary is a British qualification Mr Tough equivalent to a chartered accountant but with a business administration angle as opposed to account FINAL When his application finally approved he bet one of i men in the Con jdian In Glasgow he d have a Job in our weeks He hasn Rom back to collect his bet Mr Tough Is quite proud of the way ho has managed tun though he had and change in ins pocket and bib iwo children had less than between them when they armed in 1975 He spent his first eoupk ill dajs gelling his son and daughter enrolled in school id with Vera Van I ten captain of soccer team prior the He began ploying at the age of and tin been since Mariners team Herald photo by Maggie Hannah and he wenl Job hunting Canadian has mode In five days he had posts him and he is still Steel in Brampton working is a certified the job he chose his Ihree options Mr Touch bought a town house in in he says hi will riluro lo clown in the near future Mr interest soccer has been going on tor man years He began soccer 14 on school team lira boys club Scouts on a church team and on youth He lived in I then and says he was old standards be just to play It isn I to play Ills introduced in the schools about tie age of but only in the teaching of skills Competitive leinis ire begun around tin age of 12 inter sch matches and ir Outside clubs don I gel hold of you listers until are 13 le of compile I organized mill him f by 11 e tin n ii Mr Ik found the young players much belter lit them to be and the whole game was superior to his expectations developing their game in the Inst few years While a few years European team a Canadian one would hid a edge automatically before the game storied this is no longer true He the case of the National Youth side who entered the World Natio nal Youth Championships in Japan this and themselves very well WON CAME In four games won one nme tied one game and I can remember what exactly happened with the other two he But Ihey even expect to get there so you see they have Improved he first soccer teams in Canada had ethnic he While ethnic names may remain the layer is no longer lied to that filmic roup Mr isn I keen on mi fjoung compel me in sport We have far mon six aids in soccer than have If year olds he siys and 1 e feels it should be nursed The v ly to do this and skills while the ire and let the mpetitivc side wait until are older Making them compile before they arc ready to do so turns 11 cm off he mi tint liny drop out by Ihe lime arc ready to lolernte the strain of GEORGETOWN TIRE GOOD YEAR Tiempo even SALE PRICED each installation included P15580R 13 Blackwall NO TRADE IN NEEDED Our Evenday Selling Price 70 each ALL OTHER SIZES ON SALE Come inni how mucri can on tires to ill your car j ted si Save from to on four Goodyear Ihe or all Joel belted now olcretl at solo prices lor He I I me ever Buy now and bo lor Hurry your list day to save on Eliminate Winter Tire Tempo try Ox I save iwi T 5 i si pa looking goal TFUCT 04IW GEORGETOWN TIRE SALES LTD Guelph St 8771535 GOOD YE For the past couple of years Mr Tough has been couching a girls soccer team lie admits that when he first came to Canada he shared the opinion of other Scots and northern Englishmen that had no business in the sport When his team of boys folded up from lack of Interest on their pari in 197B he was asked by some girls he would coach their team He did so and took them on again this year He has lound that the girls draw more spectators than the boys do and seem to have more enthusiasm for their game than their male counterparts He was noncommittal to his learn about plans for next year but told The Herald he will be back the girls In act he even thinking about get ting a school gym booked s the girls can practise and keep in shape all winter ready for nest season That II come as a surprise for the girls he says I wouldn 1 commit mjscll when they asked me but you can say 1 11 be coaching them again next year Hal ton Hills Sports Council Soccer fans will recognize Mr Tough as a referee on occasion and he has wide experience in that area the gomeaswell Scottish referee in 1952 and as an English one In 1971 His own playing kills have not been neglected along the way He formed the Ancient Manners in 1978 and still plays with them They are a team with an average age of aimed at giving some of the men who coach the young players way to exercise keep fit and have some fun We wanted lo show the younger players the type soccer that was capable ol being played and the sort of skills that could be develop ed he says We wen fealed for couple of years but teams lik the Falcons with an amass age of are catching up playing the best soccer of my DOUR SCOT Although he has been a ecus of being a dour Scot no sense of humour Mr Tough sees himself as a ham He remembers club to which he belonged when he was 18 When we did serious stuff people laughed he chuckles He was serious about his interest in the stage however and he did comedy and sang for a few years There are a lot of social clubs in Britain he explains so there is a lot work for club performers My wife and I earned a living from that We both performed at first but since she as better than I I gradually took a back teat I managed her career and arranged songs for her His wife made record travelled extensively His Interest In music such thai he brought his collection of or so records with him lo Canada even though he bad to leave his books behind Mr Tough has four children The two eldest sons are work one In Scotland and one In England and his daughter and youngest son live at home but hold down Jobs At one time my ambition was have all or us together again he says but that can happen now Malcolm got married In But 1 suppose I did make It for a few days while we were oil there for the wedding He that good sport for girls since is relatively inexpensive lively injury free and relative violent It Is something they can do year round if ihey get a facility and that should be a plus since there is little alternative activity for a girl during the winter The hove hockey what do the girls have unless ihey can gel into basketball His coaching Interest saw him join the Youth Soccer late In and he became 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