Move over Balthazar Boma, this is the most colorful football chairman in the country: “I used to take gin with me. Those who didn’t drink sat on the couch.”

Popular enjoyment and recognizability are the reasons why ‘FC De Kampioenen’ continues to delight in the umpteenth iteration. Reporter Peter Boeckx went looking for Balthazar Boma’s in provincial football for the new Play4 program ‘FC De Presidents’ and ended up with Eddy Van der Haegen, a 58-year-old hairdresser, but above all chairman of SV Sint-Antelinks. We spoke to perhaps the most colorful football chairman in Flanders. “I never go to parties or baby showers during the season, with the exception of my own children’s communion, but even that has been discussed.”

ttn-3