The last thing he needed was to panic. Instead he checked on the men he had deployed to prevent the crowd from crossing the bridges. One was a narrow footbridge: Massey realized that there was no way that they could hold it. He had asked for infantry, but instead of men standing shoulder to shoul...
Neither team scored but ours had the best chances. We were passing the ball around well and I could tell that Mr James was happy with us. He was standing on the side with Miss Rice and he kept on pointing players out and nodding his head. The other team were just kicking the ball anywhere, but we...
The ground was uneven and overgrown with weeds. In the darkness, and in my haste, I had no way of knowing where the potholes and divots were. Two open sewers crossed the common – I hoped I wouldn’t fall into one. I could hear the soldiers behind me, swearing and shouting, and I prayed they wouldn...
THE GAME KICKED off five minutes later and immediately Rockwell Rangers were on the attack. They were passing the ball really well but at one point, just as he was about to intercept, Byron slipped, missed his challenge and they were bearing down on our defence. But then Emma came flying in from ...