Who is Il Presidente?


Sucking his pipe and exuding his usual air of authority Il Presidente climbs onto a table to make his after-match speech and presentation of Stroller and PGRFC memorabilia. As usual the words flow thick and fast as he reaches his well-known oratorical heights between puffs on pipe.

But what is this? He seems to be leaning forward supported by a couple of pairs of hands. Is he well? At least he keeps alternately talking and puffing until he is almost horizontal and is carried from the scene. At which point out of the fug of best shag and picking up the oration mid-sentence and mid pipe puff a doppelgänger appears and takes over.

It is the birth of Mick Waller as alternate Il Presidente.