Trading places

When people say someone’s led a colourful life, it’s the likes of Nick Leeson they’re talking about. Michael Moynihan spoke to Galway Utd’s ceo about Sunderland’s visit to Terryland Park, and Ewan McGregor.

NEXT time you’re going to watch Galway United in the eircom League, pay particular attention to the man at the turnstile. If it’s a busy evening, it could be the club’s chief executive, Nick Leeson. No job’s too small for the energetic man from Watford; if there’s a shortage of people to take tickets at the gate on the first of August, when Galway take on Sunderland, then he’ll pitch in.

“I’m involved in every aspect of the club,” says Leeson.