![]() The woman, then in her early 20s, was kind, soft spoken and multi lingual (she spoke Ndebele, Xhosa, Shona and English, of course). It soon became when a woman was hired by my mother to look after me and my sisters when she was away at work. The sixth day is for football."įor years the puzzle I posed at the beginning was never an issue. I wasn't aware of the gospel according to Mexican legend Hugo Sanchez (also a Madridista, famous for his bicycle kicks) Hugo Sanchez chapter 3 verse 16 reads: "Whoever invented football should be worshiped as God." Or the claims by British writer Anthony Burgess that "Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. Sunday, of course, was the day for the Lord, when the called went to His House from around 9am. ![]() We played mostly socially, even though at other times we bet small amounts of pocket money. In this team I played at the back, keeping the wolves out, while up front Noah spread terror in the opposition. ![]() He would come to the back to fetch the ball and dribble (or juggle) his way to the other goal. Now Noah was one of those truly gifted people who could do anything with the ball. It was Noah – three or four years my senior, myself, and a bunch of youngsters younger than us.
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