<<previous page MATT LAWRENCE IN THE CHAIR. (part four) WWISC: Who's the trickiest opponent you've faced this season? Matt: Probably Andy Sinton, the gaffer gave me a bit of a rollicking at half-time, as I'd had a bit of a run-around from him, yes him and Kevin Kilbane. They're both from the higher divisions so they're probably the two best players I've faced this season. WWISC: You were at a university in America. Did you complete a football course? Matt: I got a football scholarship which meant that if I went over there to play for their football team, they'd pay for my tuition, my upkeep and my meals. I did an American literature degree which is basically an English degree and I played football for the team. It's quite professional in that the season only lasts about four months which has a lot to do with the climate over there. My degree was for four years but I finished it in three and a half years. I crammed all my lessons in to that time so as to give myself six months to give myself the opportunity to come back and try to make it professionally here. If I hadn't made it I'd have gone back to the States.  WWISC: Did you enjoy it out there? Matt: I enjoyed it immensely, the standard of living, the people. Perhaps being a foreigner abroad I was treated very well. I stood out in the crowd, anywhere, like in a bar or a restaurant wherever it was. The Americans generally like the English I was treated very well over there and I'd have no hesitation in going back anytime. WWISC: When I was in the states I was constantly asked if I was English or Australian. Matt: Yes! It's English or Australian all the time, although I was once asked if I was Polish. WWISC: Before you turned professional, did you have any unusual jobs? Matt: Not particularly, as I said I came back at Christmas and I signed professionally within two months. The time I was playing for Grays I was living with my parents and I was making peanuts playing for them but I was living rent free at my mum and dads. During the summer holidays when I was at collage I used to come back to England and I did lots of jobs then. I was a dustbin man for three days, I did a lot of agency work like packing books, containers and factory work just to earn my upkeep for at collage. WWISC: Where about do you live now? Matt: I live now in Burgess Hill, which is a bit of a drive in/ I'm settled down there with my girlfriend and her little girl so I don't think I'll be moving just yet. WWISC: Is there any special person in your life? Matt: My girlfriend and her daughter Carla are very special to me. My mum and dad, my sister, my grand parents in fact all of my relatives are pretty special to me. I also have a few good friends in football, Paul Watson who plays for Brighton and Mark Walton who is also at Brighton both of whom I played with at Fulham. Probably my best friend is Ian Macintosh who I used to room with at collage and is now the head coach of a soccer team out there. He's a good friend and I see him every now and again when we go out to the States in the summer and of course I still have my friends from school. WWISC: Most of the players at Wycombe appear to have had this very short haircut and you seem to have had a bit of a trim as well, so have you been to the Sean Devine hairdressing salon? Matt: No! I definitely haven't! A few of the lads have but I'm not going in for that. WWISC: Is it definitely Sean cutting it? Matt: I was before, but now its not. I think it was Scunthorpe away and about six or seven had 'skinheads' but now they all go to their own hairdressers. WWISC: There was a story in one of the local papers about the TV programme 'They think it's all over' Matt: Oh yes! They came down to the training ground to film us and they filmed the goal celebration which was Sean cutting everyone's hair. They thought that it was 'scalping' but as Sean scores all the goals, he makes up the celebrations. next page...	See also...
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