I hope the game stopped for a minute's silence at every corner-kick.

No better name in football history than Crewe goalie Geoff Crudgington.

James Anthony P(at)rick Carr. Arf.

Tricky to time it if the ball’s in the crowd or the ballboy‘s asleep or not close by - better to leave it at ref‘s discretion.

Add: "If the referee deems that time is being deliberately wasted by the team in possession, the throw-in will be awarded to the other team and a minute added to stoppage time." (Also, automatically add two minutes stoppage time for any yellow card shown for time-wasting.)

We demand the whole book.

On the border of beauty and apocalypse.

For once, the victory never looked in danger. Didn't stop me sweating until the final whistle, though...

I still see no viable arguments against beheading them all. Preferably today, but tomorrow will do.

I‘m still in Germany. And this is far and away my best book 😉

No, emphatically not! These are works of short fiction with a football setting/background.

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