Some Spanish sun shone on Lancashire and Cheshire League B Division team Old Chorltonians for a short time in 2003 when an unexpected star landed. Leading Spanish goalkeeper Jonay Cabrera Padron, used to playing in front of 20,000-plus crowds for Las Palmas in the Spanish league, turned up and asked to try out for the amateur side in Manchester. In Britain studying English for only nine months, Padron wanted to stay fit. His experience and skill soon helped Old Chorltonians launch a successful run before his time in rainy Manchester was up. Padron said: «The weather was not great. Several times I had flu.»
