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A football *memory Just like this sport I am very old so if I may be so bold this memory I'll unfold each day,when school was out off to a green,hereabout- the teams often numbered seventeen! with our jumpers as posts, no boots ,referee or coaches ,you'd see back and forth we'd be 'til tired out,and ready for tea *you call it soccer over the pond

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Date: 10/3/2021 3:03:00 PM
I bet you have so many wonderful memories. yes, soccer so different from American football, a sport which I detest for the way it screws up our players' brains!!
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Brian Strand
Date: 10/4/2021 12:35:00 AM
Sadly Andrea,AF appears now to be a good game (now changed to meet TV ads)
Date: 10/3/2021 1:59:00 PM
Sounds like fun! Sure is good when sports tire you and you earn your rest!
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Brian Strand
Date: 10/4/2021 12:38:00 AM
Yes,a worldwide sport Kim,as it ony needs a ball .
Date: 10/3/2021 10:47:00 AM
I can remember participating in baseball games like that as a child. It was a lot of fun. Your poem has excellent flow and rhyme. :)
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Brian Strand
Date: 10/4/2021 12:40:00 AM
Yes,Evelyn ,we call it rounders hereabouts
Date: 10/3/2021 6:17:00 AM
And also known as "The Beautiful Game" - Except for the Hooligans off and sometimes on the pitch ! Great to see your inventive pen still flows , Sir Brian ..
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Brian Strand
Date: 10/4/2021 12:44:00 AM
Yes Sean,pity about the actions of the pro-players- sadly -sign of the times
Date: 10/3/2021 4:33:00 AM
Ya'll must have some tough feet over there. LOL.. So many young people play different kinds of sports over here as well. It seems to just come natural with youth. I never was one to play because I would feel funny when I tried to play and would stop soon after starting. I nor my parents knew that I have a hole in my heart at that time. Both of my parents had passed before I learned that I had such a problem. I enjoy reading your comments on my work. It adds a great dimension to the page. Sara
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Brian Strand
Date: 10/4/2021 12:46:00 AM
No tv in those days Sara,so we made our own entertainment

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