How many of you have had goosebumps when you strode on to that green field leading your class football team in one of those inter class football tourneys back when you were in high school? How many of you din't study the previous evening, making better use of it by chalking out strategies that can never be put to real use? Did you feel the shimmer down your spine when you walked up to take the spot kick? The missing of a heartbeat when you see the ball go past the flying goalkeeper? You remember the planned celebration be it the fashionable robot dance or the more orthodox slide and kiss the badge? The blank look in the eyes of the guys on the bench,the complaintive stare of having been left out? The sudden surge of adrenaline when you get that tackle spot on? The drooping shoulders after a poorly performed trick? The charismatic class teacher who would always egg you on to win that dang thing? That left footed winger whom you always wanted to elbow on the face? That secret glance towards the gallery to see if that girl just watched you score one?
High school football has given us so many memories that no matter how many years we leave them behind,they keep coming back to you. Very few,if any, went on to become professionals. The rest slowly quit, for playing this game was never the same without the high school mates.
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Yours,Bill Shankly – Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
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You wrote "shimmer" in place of "shiver" down your spine. But then i guess u must have been real excited when you posted this, just goes to show your enthusiasm for the game. !! :p
ReplyDeleteYeah I guess I was,excited. But thank you for taking time out to read that and most importantly to drop in with the comment.
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