Sometimes you wonder why so many of us let this game rule our lives but just look at the life, and the friendships, it can give
t’s the 85th minute of a top-of-the-table clash between the Melbourne University Bohemians and our opponents, Barnstoneworth: 2-2, the penultimate game of the season. A point favours them – identical records but their goal difference is wildly superior.
There are many readers and listeners who find comparisons between park football and the elite level ridiculous – and are not slow to tell me. But watching the excellentFootball gave him his identity and sense of belonging. It took this man from the woods of western Sweden to Portugal, Italy, England and North Korea via Meadow Lane, obviously.
But I was still physically broken from the game when I sat down to watch Sven. In the final minutes I’d body-checked the aforementioned centre-mid as he burst through – the perfect professional foul. Complained to the referee, shoulder to shoulder.
So here I am, perhaps hoping to be viewed as some kind of urbane multi-faceted critically acclaimed thinker when in reality I’m just staring at the Football Victoria Metropolitan League 6 North-West table, and hoping this groin strain clears up by Sunday.
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