Boys United by Tom Palmer

Author:Tom Palmer [Palmer, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ages 8 and up
ISBN: 9780141932842
Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS
Published: 2009-04-02T07:00:00+00:00

Jake didn’t know what to do. If he’d been at school – or playing with mates – he’d have risen to it, shown that he wore his City shirt with pride. But here it was different. He didn’t know if he had to show loyalty to United. Or if he could still show he was proud to be a City fan.

Then he heard Steve’s voice, loud and hard.

‘OLDFIELD!’

Jake turned to face Steve, but said nothing.

‘What is that?’

‘What?’

‘That shirt you’re wearing?’

‘It’s my… er… my… City shirt…’ He was about to say that Ryan had told him to wear it, but thought better of it. If he brought Ryan in as an excuse, it would only cause more trouble.

‘Take it off,’ Steve said.

Jake took off the shirt.

Ryan grabbed it off him before Jake could do anything. ‘Shall I put it in the bin, Steve?’

‘Give it back to Jake,’ Steve said in an even voice, quieter now.

Jake took the shirt back off Ryan, ignoring the sneer from his team captain.

‘Take it to the side of the pitch, then put one of these vests on.’

Steve threw Jake a luminous orange vest. Then he went on as if nothing had happened.

‘Right, lads. Attack against defence. You lot in United tops are defending. The rest of you – Jake too, OK? – attacking. We’ve got our first game on Sunday. Blackburn Rovers away. We’ve worked a lot on technique. But now’s the time to put all that into practice.’

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