There are Premiership stars who started out stacking supermarket shelves or driving fork-lifts, but I don't know of any post-graduate legal brains in the leagues. But Daniel's impossible dream has come true in another, even more unlikely way - he is Exeter's vice-chairman. And I am its joint chairman!
We're still reeling from the call-up. When my old friend Mike Lewis rang to ask for my aid with his takeover of the club, I couldn't have been more shocked had it been Sven-Goran Eriksson on the other end of the line, with free tickets to the World Cup.
Now we are filled with enthusiasm to help turn the club around, to put its finances on a stable footing and hopefully start a promotion challenge. First of all, we need more season ticket holders, so I shall be contacting my dear friend and fellow chairman (I love saying 'fellow chairman') Mohammed Al Fayed to get Fulham down to South Devon for a dazzling friendly fixture. That will show the fans we mean business - and that great football is coming home to Exeter.
And I hope to persuade Michael Jackson and NSync to put on a charity spectacular in the Grecian's ground.
Well, why not? With positive thinking and boundless optimism, nothing is impossible. Just ask Daniel!