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Became known as a crazy coach for Denmark's worst football team - now he is a serious politician | BT Politik - www.bt.dk »I have calculated the hourly wage. It can not pay off. ”Mikael Simonsen is a city councilor in Aalborg and six months into his first term. It has been hard work. If the name rings a small bell, then it's enough for the brash tone he delivered as coach of the country's perhaps worst football team. However, the status as world-renowned in North Jutland and serving in 'Go' tomorrow Denmark 'and' Go 'evening Denmark' was not just a layer cake, Mikael Simonsen reveals today, almost six years after the program was broadcast on TV2 Nord. Mikael Simonsen (left) as coach for the cult team and 'North Jutland's worst', Ulsted series 6. Private photo "It was both the best and the worst thing that happened to the team," he says and believes that the 'special' disappeared when someone would like to make money on, among other things, show matches against 'North Jutland's Worst'. ‘Some thought they were famous and could behave in other ways. There was a lot of hassle afterwards, "says the coach, who, however, got a little out of the fame himself. "I got a good friend in Jes Dorph when I was over with him on 'Go' tomorrow Denmark '," says Mikael Simonsen and gives an anecdote. At first, the coach did not believe in the interest that Denmark showed for the foot-dragging football team. ‘A woman called and asked if I and two players would in‘ Go ’morning’ TV. I thought it was one of the players who pissed on me. ”So he tested the situation and demanded that the trip be paid for. Half an hour later there was transport and accommodation for everyone. A young Mikael Simonsen. Private photo "Then I had to call the two players and say I had promised them away the next day," he laughs. Now it's in politics. And in fact so much - in addition to the 'hourly wage' is low, as mentioned in the introduction - that he and his girlfriend are now trying to sell Kræmmerhuset in Hals. “It surprises me a lot how much time goes into it. I have decided to be the politician who does not say no to a meeting. Tonight I am going to a meeting at Gandrup Gæstgivergård. And I probably have to read up on that, 'laughs the city council member. Just because he is no longer a Series 6 coach, however, he does not escape the hassle. There is so much of that in politics. He was elected in favor of the Liberal Party, but in fact he tried to exploit the fame already in the previous local elections in 2017, where he created the List for Outskirts Aalborg and stated that he was not too nice to use his familiar face. That's not how he wanted it to be this time, though. After many years as a board member of Ulsted Boldklub, the local civic association and the prime mover for the fiber network to the bette spot about 30 kilometers from Aalborg, he felt that he was constantly running on a closed door in the municipality. This is what he looks like today, Mikael Simonsen (in the middle), flanked by two other city council members in Aalborg Municipality. Photo: Aalborg Municipality »This is the first assignment I have: It is called Aalborg Municipality - and not Aalborg City. So we live 80,000 outside Aalborg, and they must also be represented, "he says about his political flagship issue. »I have lived in Aalborg for one year - and it was the worst year of my life. The country can do something for me and all my neighbors. It is an option for us, "says the politician, who has been given a seat on the Children and Youth Committee and on the Climate and Environment Committee. He had to handle a number of variegated types on Ulsted's series 6 team. In his working life it has also been necessary, and Mikael Simonsen has in his own words "obviously always been good at sleeping at night". ‘I have taken a personality test which says I have a high dominance. They are the ones who make some tough decisions. I may well think it's a shame for a mother of four that she should be fired. But then she has to be better at her job, «he says about his time as manager of various Netto stores in North Jutland. He hopes, referring to some of the past year's scandal cases in the municipality's administration, that his approach can ultimately save the municipality and the citizens money. “It's a claim, but in some cases - rather than pushing leaders around in different positions - fire them. It may well be that you are bad somewhere and then succeed elsewhere. But if you are bad in two places as a leader, well, then it's out, «it sounds bombastic from Mikael Simonsen, who got an impressive 1,182 votes. The cult team today is spread not for all winds, but then to Gandrup, so you can still run into Wessim - who has lost almost 80 kilos - Hvide and the other 'peasant robbers' on tuberous series tracks. "They got a forced promotion last year, so they still exist and are still just as bad," says the former coach. ACCUSED SPORTS ABROAD Save 40 percent NORWAY B.T. experiences: Udland Weekendavisen Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13