I like Footy

Today I watched a group of young kids playing soccer in the mud for half an hour, and not one harsh word was spoken between them. No, “OH, COME ON, REF!” (they actually didn’t have one) or “WHAT, ARE YOU BLIND? THAT WAS A GOAL!!” or “YOU WERE THE LAST TO TOUCH IT. OUR BALL!” Nothing. Just flashes of pearly white teeth and the most marvellous sportsmanship I’ve ever seen. It was a pretty rough game, too. They had four piles of rubbish carefully marking out the “goals”, and when the ball was accidentally kicked into the pond, they just jumped right in and got it out.