Posted by gedneydroveend | Posted in Callum H | Posted on December 16, 2015
This is the story of Ryan Wilson who went from representing his local team on a muddy village field every weekend, to winning the World Cup with England.
Ryan was a nine year old boy who never gave up on trying to score that one goal. Every weekend he tried to score. Then, one Saturday, it was the game against ‘the worst team in the league’ and Ryan knew that this would be the game he scored that one goal.
The game kicked off with the coaches leaving Ryan on the subs bench which left Ryan upset.
“I’m not going to score!” he groaned. He pleaded with Kev ( his coach). “Can I come on now?” Ryan asked. ” At half-time” Kev replied. So Ryan waited second by second, minute by minute for that whistle to blow for half-time.
At half-time the whistle blew and Ryan cheered and took his coat off ready to come on. By the end of the game the score was 3-0 with Ryan scoring all three.
By the end of the season, Ryan’s mum got an email from Peterborough United’s scout asking if he could play for their U11s. Ryan dreamed of if he was going to play professional football for Peterborough.
As years passed by, Ryan was twenty and it was Peterborough’s last game of the season- and Ryan was selected as striker for the game! If Peterborough won, they would win the league.
Ryan kept shooting but narrowly missed too many opportunities. But then, Peterborough were awarded a penalty.
Ryan said, “I’m taking this!” So he stepped up to take the kick and smashed it in the corner to make it 1-0 to Peterborough. A few minutes later, Ryan scored a cracking goal to make it 2-0. Then the referee blew for full-time and the Peterborough fans went crazy. ‘Boro’s captain lifted the trophy and Ryan went wild.
In July, Manchester United put a bid of £5,000,000 for Ryan. He just couldn’t turn the offer down. So Ryan was playing for his dream club, Manchester United. The manager thought, a twenty year old can’t just come then play straight away, so the manager asked Ryan if he could play a few games before their star striker got a bad injury. So Ryan played the rest of the season for the proper team. He played so well that he got chosen to play for England in the World Cup.
After the World Cup, Ryan stared every game and led England to the final where, against Germany, it was 0-0 until the last minute. England got a penalty and Ryan was chosen to take it. He stepped up… and scored!
“England have won the World Cup!” the commentator shouted.
So that was Ryan’s story of football: Ryan, the man behind the goals.
