How to Bring Your Kids Up Right
............otherwise, who knows what might happen!
Att få ett barn ändrar ens liv. Det är ganska självklart (i de flesta fall) att man tänker och uppför sig annorlunda när man går in i rollen som förälder.
När barnet växer upp är man rädd, som anständig förälder, att de kommer att: hamna i fel gäng, missköta skolgång, börja röka, supa, skaffa tatueringar och pierca sig i näsan bl.a. Givetvis, gjorde vi inga av dessa saker när vi var unga eller hur?
Men kanske värst av allt är om ens avkomma gör det otänkbara dvs. håller på ett annat fotbollslag än ens eget.
Själv har jag 2 tjejer och ganska tidigt insåg de att om de ville ha godis på fredagarna var de tvungna att berätta om sin kärlek till Stoke City först. Den äldsta är nu 23 år och häromdagen berättade hon att när hon var på lekis fick hon en fråga från fröken som undrade var hon heter i efternamn. Isabelle svarade ärligt: ”Jag vet inte om det är Pugh eller Stoke.” Anledning var att jag ganska tidigt hade lärt de att sjunga: "We are Stoke, We are Stoke, We are Stoke.”
Men, jag har en kompis som är en inbiten Tottenham supporter samtidigt som hans 21-åriga son hejar vilt på Arsenal. En annan kompis hejar på Liverpool och sonen hejar på Man. United. Själv fattar jag inte hur de står ut med dem. Vrider de sig natt efter natt i sängen och frågar sig själva: ”Vad gjorde jag för fel?”
Brorsan i England har en dotter. Hon heter Esme och är 10 år gammal. Trots att hon inte bor i Stoke-on-Trent och att mammans familj är stora Birmingham City supportrar, har hon insett att Stoke City är laget för henne.
Nyligen fick hon ett uppdrag från fröken i skolan att skriva en biografi om en känd person. Givetvis valde hon att skriva om Englands mest kända målvakt någonsin: Gordon Banks, som de unga och okunniga kanske inte vet, spelade för Stoke City.
Läs och njut av den unga tjejens alster. Och bra gjort brorsan, som vet hur man uppfostrar ett barn.
The Life Of Gordon Banks!!
By Esme aged 10
England Caps: 73
Goals: 0 (he was a goal keeper)
Teams: Chesterfield, Leicester City and Stoke City.
Chapter one
Gordon banks is known as a famous goalkeeper.
he was born in Sheffield in the 30th December, 1937.
Gordon was the youngest of four boys David, Michel and John. Banks’ father had a very difficult job in a steel foundry
In the early fifties, a tragic incident in his childhood involved John, the oldest brother being beaten up so badly that he died.
Banks left school in 1952 to work with a local coal merchant. Later on he became a bricklayer. Although these were dirty and hard jobs, it built up Banks’ strength which helped him to develop skills in his career in being a goalkeeper.
Chapter two
Banks’ love of football occurred when he watched two local football teams, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.
Despite working he continued to play football on an amateur level until he was spotted by lower league Chesterfield City in 1953.
However his football career was interrupted when he was called up to do national service in Germany in 1954. One good thing came about from this; Banks met his future German wife Ursula. (They had three children Robert, Wendy and Julia).
Banks returned to England with his future wife and soon got back into playing football for Chesterfield.
Gordon Banks played twenty-three games for Chesterfield before he was signed by Leicester City in 1959; this was a real big move up for him.
Chapter three
With Banks in goal, Leicester City made it to the F.A Cup finals in 1961 and 1963. Unfortunately they lost both times. However Banks did receive a winner’s medal in 1964 when Leicester won the league cup.
Gordon’s performances did get him recognised by the new England manager Alf Ramsay.
By 1965 Banks was a regular England player and his saves helped England win the World Cup for the one and only time in 1966.
The season following, Leicester city had another goalkeeper called Peter Shilton, Shilton wanted Banks’ place in the team and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Therefore Banks was allowed to leave at the age of thirty he went on and signed for Stoke City in 1967.
Chapter four
Gordon’s first game with Stoke was against his old club Leicester City, fortunately Stoke beat Leicester 3-1
Gordon continued to play for England and was picked to be in goal for the 1970 world cup finals that were being held in Mexico. Banks was known to have made one of the greatest saves known to man; some people call it the save of the century. The football player Pele thought he had scored however Banks dived and knocked the ball over the bar. Sadly England lost the game against Brazil and were eventually knocked out of the finals by Germany. Banks wasn’t playing in this game due to a stomach upset, so the reserve goalkeeper came in to play.
Soon after he was rewarded an OBE by the queen which was a very big honour.
Chapter five
In 1971 Stoke had the heartache of losing to Arsenal in the F.A cup semi final. However, in 1972 Banks helped Stoke win their only major trophy when they beat Chelsea
2 – 1 in the league cup final.
It was also this year when he had the honour of being awarded footballer of the year.
Then tragically in October Banks was involved in a car crash. This caused Gordon to lose an eye; unfortunately this was the end of his career.
Gordon continues to live in the Stoke area with his wife Ursula and he has the honour of being the president of Stoke City football club.
