When playing football in the garden and an errant shot was sailing towards the kitchen window, Dad would put his hand over his ears for some reason as though not hearing the smashing of the window would somehow make it better. Come to think of it, he did it when it was sailing over the fence. I was having a kick around with Aidan yesterday and found myself instinctively making the move as the ball sailed up in to a tree.
Monday 13 March 2023
Football shout
Watching Reading v Blackpool among siblings and cousins last month it was perhaps no surprise that John and I were reminded of Dad's shout at Elm Park: "Keep it on the island, Reading!" As we said, he clearly didn't have much faith in the team's skills if just preventing the ball from going out of play was something worth encouraging.
The pic comes from Reading v Arsenal in 1972.
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