Football occupied most of my childhood. Not just as a spectator but as a player. We rarely played on a football pitch, or donned full kit as children do this side of the pond, but we’d spend our days kicking a ball around — as long as there was a ball and enough people to form two teams they’d be a football game of some kind. The problem is that balls didn’t grow from a tree back then, just as they don’t now. And back then (and back there) leather balls were quite expensive, and because we’d play in the streets, they’d have a short life. We were always short of round things to kick – enter the Owner of the Ball.
King Elon, the Owner of the Ball
King Elon, the Owner of the Ball
King Elon, the Owner of the Ball
Football occupied most of my childhood. Not just as a spectator but as a player. We rarely played on a football pitch, or donned full kit as children do this side of the pond, but we’d spend our days kicking a ball around — as long as there was a ball and enough people to form two teams they’d be a football game of some kind. The problem is that balls didn’t grow from a tree back then, just as they don’t now. And back then (and back there) leather balls were quite expensive, and because we’d play in the streets, they’d have a short life. We were always short of round things to kick – enter the Owner of the Ball.