soccer Quotes

“Simon drove his wheelchair straight between the posts and into the back of the net. ‘Goal!’ all us Eeny-meenys yelled.”

″ ‘That was a great shot’, says the little boy. ‘The best and longest anyone has kicked on our street.’ ‘Do you really think so?’ says Alfie? Now he is happy, too.”

“The next day is Monday. The others are playing soccer again. Alfie doesn’t feel like it. He goes off by himself, looking for the little boy.”

“Sim looked at the man before him. ‘Centre-forwards,’ he remarked significantly, ‘I can buy ‘em an’ sell em’- or,′ he added, ‘I can at least sell ‘em.‘”

“From that night on Sim Dalt became famous as ‘The goalie Bob Thropper could never beat!’ The Arcade flourished. Sim got offers from many teams, including one from Hummerton club itself.”