Mike Harris, the charismatic chairman of Welsh club TNS, will be watching the SPFL Trust Trophy final against Airdrie from South Africa. He reveals that TNS has a big following in the Western Cape and many fans will be watching the match in local bars.
Clouds drift overhead as Mike Harris admits he couldn't change his flight from South Africa to attend a maiden appearance in the SPFL Trust Trophy for TNS . The charismatic chairman of the Welsh club will instead be glued to a large screen stream of the showpiece final against Airdrie from sweltering Stellenbosch as The New Saints chase a historic triumph.
Harris, a Welsh businessman, spends a few months each year in South Africa and won't be alone in watching Sunday's final beamed in from the Falkirk Stadium having cultivated a following in the Western Capes. "The Stellenbosch TNS fan clubs are out in force - about 30 of us," reveals Harris when quizzed on his plans to watch the match."We've got some big screens in one of the local bars. "TNS has a big following in the Western Cape. I've been coming out here for 15 years and several locations out here follow our club. "The other thing is because we have been quite successful a lot of people use TNS in their accas for bettin
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