“I was in my office pondering the game we had on Monday evening. I’d sent the players home with strict instructions to behave over the weekend, didn’t want any pictures to appear in the tabloid press newspapers of them with a blonde on each arm. That Paul Ince from the Leddersford Post has always had it in for me and was on the prowl, like a tiger which is native to both Asia or Africa, depending on the type of tiger, looking for his next scoop.
Just as I’d gathered my thoughts as to whether to go with standard full backs or a wing back system on Monday evening. That’s when our next game is. I looked out the door to see if Julie, my secretary, had gone home. She’s very plain but sometimes I see her eyes sparkle in a way that Shearer and Sutton used to in that title winning season they had at Blueburn. She had, no chamomile tea for me I guess, I tried to make it myself one once but I didn’t get a good education and anyway men are above such simple tasks.
The phone then rang, I picked up the receiver on the 3rd ring and heard the feedback hurt my ear. I’ve been asking Sir Lawrence for a new one but hard getting money out of him for trivial things let alone new soccer players.
‘Hello, Steve Barnes manager of Leddersford Town.’ I said
‘Steve it’s me Peter Penrice’
Peter Penrice sounded worried
‘What’s wrong Peter Penrice?’ I asked
‘There’s a man who was here earlier who spoke with a funny accent and an olive style skin tone. He told me to call you and tell you to meet him in the car park of the tripe factory, he had a gun’
‘Where are you Peter Penrice?’
‘The Feathers, but I think I’m being watched’
‘I’ll come there 1st’ I said and hung up the receiver.
Peter Penrice, the tripe factory and a man with a funny accent? I knew I never should have signed that Julimho - short for Juan Harambe Ignacio Perreira, our new wing back, he was always in some kind of bother.
I climbed into the Jags incredible leather interior, wound down the electric window and fired up its 3.2 litre v8. It hadn’t failed me yet and as I looked forward into the darkness I knew it was that time again...”
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Great Britain ·
12/11/19