manager -- his mother.

The professional football player also has a new team -- of family members in a new cleaning business.

Mr. Goater believes that he will strike it lucky with the business called "Cleaning Solution Services'' he has set up.

It will be a clean sweep for the 30-year-old, his mother and their cousins in the new business venture.

He said: "The idea is to help my family get a steady income and have a steady job. It is like anything, if you work for yourself, and reap the rewards yourself, then you work harder. It will make sure everyone is secure.'' His mother, Lynette, will take over managing the business and his cousin, Nicole Payntei, will be assistant manager.

They will be in charge of a team of five cleaners that will work across the Island.

"My mother has been cleaning all her life, and most of my family work in this business. So it seemed logical to set up this kind of business,'' said Mr.

Goater.

Mr. Goater has been working out the details of the business plan in between arduous training and scoring 29 goals for his team.

"It has been hard work to find the time to sort it all out, but now we are up and running and we hope to make it work.'' Mrs. Goater, who also has a daughter called Juanita, said she is delighted with what her son has done for her and her family.

Goaters hope to clean up with new business She said: "I have been cleaning all my life, I worked mostly in hotels, started cleaning when I was ten years old.'' Now she will be able to down her dustpan and brush and be less hands on. She will supervise the cleaning business, do spot checks and make sure the customers are happy.

Miss Payntei has been promoted to assistant manager and will take bookings and manage staff.

Miss Payntei said: "This job is ideal, because I can do it from home and it means I can look after my children at the same time.'' Mr. Goater said: "I came up with the capital and though of the idea of going into this business. We have started it up ourselves and will make it a family thing.

"There has been quite a lot of correspondence back and forth during the season to get the business started.

"My plan for the future is that it will be owned by all parts of the family, and they will have to work in it to earn a share.

"It is a way of sharing what I have got. It is a way of trying to do what I can to help the family.'' Mr. Goater said he has been researching the market for over a year, and has done research overseas and looked at competition locally. He then approached his mother and Miss Payntei about the deal.

Miss Payntei said: "I thought that it was a great idea and thought that it would do very well.'' Mrs. Goater said: "I love the company. It gives me more stability for my future. I am very proud of my son and what he is doing for us all.'' She added: "I think it is great, and it eases me up from working so hard.'' Goater has bigger plans for the company, and within a year will be looking at expanding his staff and the territory they cover.

"We want to make sure we are rock solid. And then we will look at branching out and doing other bits and pieces.

"First and foremost we will be cleaning houses, but will look at branching out over the summer into cleaning cars while there are some students around and then we have some other ideas. But we don't want the competition to know too much about our plans.'' The company will charge between $17 an hour for a basic "quickie lickie'' package and $25 an hour for fuller services such as the "premier package'' and "done and dusted''.

Clients will only be taken on for a minimum of four hours and six-month contracts are to be the norm.

"All employees will be fully insured and clients can rest assured that everything is OK on that front.

"And we will make sure that all the staff we have live in the area they work, so someone working in St. George's will not have to clean in Somerset.'' Mrs. Goater said: "My job will be to go to the house and make the calls to check everything is OK. If the operation gets bigger, then we will have to take on or promote someone to help me do my job.'' The whole family is banking on the project working and keeping them into their old age, and Goater is going to do everything he can to ensure the venture is a success.

"There is nothing worse than starting something and not seeing it through. So I will stay involved until it has developed into what I want and is well on track.''