Shane Filan is set to realise a childhood dream by leading his own soccer team against home town club Sligo Rovers. The Westlife singer, a Rovers fan all his life, is stepping up several divisions for the game next month. Shane is striker for his father-in-law's work team from the Sligo Plumbing and Heating company. He has been playing on the astroturf in Division Two of his local Nightowls League. The 30-year-old plans to recruit one or two surprise guests for the game at Sligo Showgrounds against League of Ireland Premier Division side Rovers on Ausgust 5. He set up the event for pals Lesley Ann Culkin, 26, and 27-year-old Hilary Jones who are climbing Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for the Irish Red Cross. HR consultant Lesley Ann, whose boyfriend Michael Walsh is Shane's brother-in-law, said they were discussing a football match as a likely fundraiser when the singer volunteered. She said: "He has so many other things to do that we are absolutely thrilled. I know it will be a great night at the Showgrounds." Shane has been banging home winners during the past 10 months for his team in the amateur astro-turf league at a sports complex in Sligo. He said: "We've won a good few games. It's good craic. I started off on the left-wing, but I wasn't great there. "Then I moved up front and I started scoring goals. I'm getting there slowly but surely." Westlife's link to soccer goes back 12 years to their first TV appearance when they performed at half-time during a Sligo Rovers home match and it was shown on RTE's Nationwide. Shane said: "It was a 30-second clip. We were delighted at the time. It was great exposure and we felt very excited when we saw ourselves. "We were on telly and we thought we were very famous. We were 17 or 18 years of age at the time with dreams of becoming Backstreet Boys or Take That. "Little did we know that a year later it would all kick off for us and it's been mental ever since."
Credit/Source: The Irish Daily Mirror
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