Author

Publication

2007 - Puffin, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC823.914

Description

Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods – one of them is even a girl – but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition.A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys – and girls – of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.

Description

The boys from the bottom pitch, a great soup of boys play football. When the 'Coronation Cup' is proposed they put their heads together, pool their pocket money and get a team together. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

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