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Penpal

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Outback in Australia they make them tough some spare Soccer Balls made from Barbed Wire.

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Thats a good idea Peter, If you head the ball and it sticks can you just run into the goal? :funny:
 
Doug

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Bet if my old dad was still here he would still say they aren't as bad as the footballs he was used to as a kid :ave_it:

"Pigs bladder for an inner tube, 1/2" thick leather & a lace that if you headed it would leave an imprint for a week. Not only that but it could knock you unconscious when it was wet they were that heavy......you kids don't know you're born with these modern footballs"

Happy days.........
 
Dalboy

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Doug said:
Bet if my old dad was still here he would still say they aren't as bad as the footballs he was used to as a kid :ave_it:

"Pigs bladder for an inner tube, 1/2" thick leather & a lace that if you headed it would leave an imprint for a week. Not only that but it could knock you unconscious when it was wet they were that heavy......you kids don't know you're born with these modern footballs"

Happy days.........
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Leather balls someone was lucky I had to kick boulders around:funny::funny::funny:
 
Dalboy

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cowboy said:
showing your age now Delboy :roflmao:
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Nothing to do with age I am only a young whipper snapper compared to many on here. It was down to how poor we were and I will not mention the news paper in the loo:funny::funny::funny:
 
Jim

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Doug, i remember those days, and can recall the day that i actually thought my neck was broken after heading the wet ball .. Worst of all the ball dropped at my feet after heading it, it was that wet .. :tongue:
 
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Dalboy said:
It was down to how poor we were and I will not mention the news paper in the loo:funny::funny::funny:
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We used all our newspapers (from next door mind cos we couldn't afford them), to line our shoes.

Was your "netty" across the back lane like ours?:winking:

Bob
 
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