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"My greatest sporting moment? That’s easy. It was the final minute of a school hockey match against Whickham, the only side in the North East who could touch us. It was 0–0 and they had a short corner. The ball was pushed out, two defenders charged and the ball was stopped for their centre-half, who was called Robson and was in the England youth squad. He shaped to strike the ball but in the end decided to flick it. As he did so, the thought went through my mind that he was outside the D. I remember thinking, as the ball rose to my right, that I ought at least to dive for it even if he were outside the D. Everything seemed to be happening very slowly. I even remember wondering what the rule was if he had shot from outside the D and the ball glanced in off my stick. Looking through the grille of the helmet, I could see the red airtex sleeve of my shirt, my fat white glove, and the black and blue of my stick. I could also see the ball, its trajectory taking it a little above the stick. Apparently having all the time in the world, I moved my wrist, angling the stick to intercept the ball. The intersection of post and bar came abruptly into view and, about six inches in front of the to
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilson, Jonathan, Jonathan Wilson Ltd
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781409123200
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, History, Social_sciences