Football reminiscences

 

Cool November mornings tend to bring back memories of our football sessions not just the informal kickabouts but the structured football matches we played in juniors against others where typically two or three year groups would combine to form two teams of eleven each with substitutes.

Back then girls just NEVER played football where mixed teams are common today but a boy who say rubbish at cricket could not play netball with the girls.

That's progress for you.

The smell of damp earthy soil and feel of mud on your socks and legs are ingrained in my memory.