It's a Goal by Archie Macpherson sampler
The scoring of a goal in football unleashes emotions for the scorer, teammates, opponents and onlookers on terracing and living-room couches, that can play havoc with our anticipation of what constitutes an ordinary day. Legendary commentator Archie Macpherson delves into the heart of the beautiful game, where the simple act of scoring a goal becomes a profound moment of human connection. From the roar of victory to the sting of defeat, Macpherson captures the essence of football’s emotional rollercoaster through a curated personal selection of significant goals – some spectacular, some less-so, some not-at-all, but all significant – together with the fascinating backstory to each goal and the match in which it was scored. With unparalleled insight and passion, Macpherson invites readers to experience the highs and lows of football, a game where so often a goal transcends the boundaries of the pitch to touch the hearts of fans worldwide. It’s a Goal! is a testament to the enduring power of football to unite, inspire and move us all – whoever our team, wherever we are.
The scoring of a goal in football unleashes emotions for the scorer, teammates, opponents and onlookers on terracing and living-room couches, that can play havoc with our anticipation of what constitutes an ordinary day.
Legendary commentator Archie Macpherson delves into the heart of the beautiful game, where the simple act of scoring a goal becomes a profound moment of human connection. From the roar of victory to the sting of defeat, Macpherson captures the essence of football’s emotional rollercoaster through a curated personal selection of significant goals – some spectacular, some less-so, some not-at-all, but all significant – together with the fascinating backstory to each goal and the match in which it was scored.
With unparalleled insight and passion, Macpherson invites readers to experience the highs and lows of football, a game where so often a goal transcends the boundaries of the pitch to touch the hearts of fans worldwide.
It’s a Goal! is a testament to the enduring power of football to unite, inspire and move us all – whoever our team, wherever we are.
- No tags were found...
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
1<br />
The First Hurrah<br />
Scotland v England<br />
13 April 1946<br />
1–0<br />
<strong>Goal</strong>: Jimmy Delaney<br />
To acknowledge the ending of the Second World War and the return<br />
to what might pass as normality, my father took me to a football match.<br />
Many others had the same idea. Indeed, I always look back with pride<br />
that I helped create a statistic that stands out like a testament to survival<br />
after the ravages that the Luftwaffe heaped upon my part of the world.<br />
For 138,468 were inside Hampden Park on that special day, 13 April<br />
1946. The Scotland–England game had been advertised as a Victory<br />
International that proposed a sense of collective celebration and a unity<br />
that had brought us through the war together. Except as I climbed up the<br />
steep stairs of the east end of Hampden I could sense the tribal anticipation<br />
amongst the Scots of wishing to deprive the English of the mantle of<br />
invincibility that had been worn since they had defeated us in the last<br />
match before the war, 15 April 1939, 2–1 at this very stadium. And<br />
hadn’t they trounced us 6–1 in an ‘unofficial’ game in 1945 when we<br />
could hardly put a team together? This was the Auld Enemy no less. The<br />
bonding uniforms were out. Civvies were in.<br />
So I was to view the Auld Enemy for the first time from a posture that<br />
was far from comfortable. I was wee. Everybody else was big. Then there<br />
was the squeeze half-way up that vast east terracing slope which was like<br />
being put alongside Hogmanay revellers in the last tram to Auchenshuggle.<br />
But help was on hand. In those days, small kids like me, would be passed<br />
13
Change language