Childhood games

Headers and volleys! Haven't played that in about 15 years!

Generally we played it on 'the square' opposite our primary school (It wasn't actually square-shaped, and it's now facking houses) and the goal was painted onto a wall which ran along part of one of the sides of the 'square'.

I think we all had 5 lives (someone used to start with 6 but I can't remember how or why), and you could only header in the area, volleys had to be outside. If you shot wide, over, the keeper caught the ball or you touched the ball last before it went out of bounds, you went in goal.

The ultimate test was when the keeper set you up for 'a tempter', which was when he'd throw the ball out to you with as much spin on it as possible and see who'd take on the volley, those with the tekkers took it on, those who didn't would bottle it!

Headers and volleys ended with "stingers", where who ever conceded the last goal had to stand with their back to everyone else who would take it in turns to kick the ball at them.

Volleys that went wide, over or were caught meant going in goal, there term "volley" was quite loose though, you could throw the ball at someone who wasn't looking, catch it and that would count as a "volley".

Other games, were One Bounce, you'd stand in a circle and keep the ball moving only letting it bounce once, if you messed up then it was ten push ups, Kerby was another, take it in turns to throw the ball at the kerb....

World Cup doubles, standard at school, WC Singles, not as good IMO, didn't like the name "Wembley", didn't really make sense.

Wally (Wall-e?), was a good game, kick the ball against the wall and where ever it landed the next person, usually done alphabetically, had to try and kick it against the wall, if you couldn't dig it out, you were out, good way of deciding who would go in goal first for heads and volleys.

I forgot Wembley/World Cup singles and doubles. Even though I was pretty good at football, I managed to get through the first couple of rounds by way of Inzaghi-like goalhanging! Would loiter near the goal and pounce on any loose balls or just deflect the ball in

When it got to the business end of the game I'd then start playing properly and actually score some more legit goals!

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
the winner was normally fked at the end
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Slapping bums was bad, but this is outrageous.
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Ha!

comment by MARK (U1449)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Curb-ee. 2 people stand on each pavement, and either throw or kick the ball at each others curb. If it hits it, and rebounds to you, you stand in the middle of the road and throw the ball at the curb till you miss it. If you do miss, and your opponent gets the ball and hits you with it before you get to your pavement, they get all your points. Bonus points if you throw it over a car as it drives by (and you have to hit the curb, obviously).
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I mentioned "Kerby" the other week on another similar thread but nobody had any knowledge of it
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Feel like a bit of an idiot spelling is like that now of course it's kerby

And it was a classic game

comment by Tu Meke Santi (U3732)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by MARK (U1449)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Curb-ee. 2 people stand on each pavement, and either throw or kick the ball at each others curb. If it hits it, and rebounds to you, you stand in the middle of the road and throw the ball at the curb till you miss it. If you do miss, and your opponent gets the ball and hits you with it before you get to your pavement, they get all your points. Bonus points if you throw it over a car as it drives by (and you have to hit the curb, obviously).
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I mentioned "Kerby" the other week on another similar thread but nobody had any knowledge of it
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Feel like a bit of an idiot spelling is like that nowof course it's kerby

And it was a classic game


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Ours was slightly different. Once the ball hit the kerb and came back you then took a jump into the road to see where you took the next shot from. When you took that shout you repeated.

It only counted as a successful shot if the ball was caught by you before it bounced (other than off the kerb).

Repeat the steps until you get to the other side of the road.

Dont actually recall a scoring system, just that there was nothing more satisfying that hitting someone on the back or the head with the football as they scampered back to their side of the road

Did anyone else have a line (ours was marked by a telegraph pole) outside which you were allowed to hit the ball after a single bounce, rather than just on the volley?

This rule allowed for some long-range scorchers.

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For stingers/heads and volleys if you hit the post or the keeper saves with 1 touch and it comes back out into play everyone shouted KNOCKOUT!!! and you had a free shot on goal. If the keeper hit it over the half way line or off the pitch in a mard, everyone shouted ANGER and the keeper went down to 1 life.

One man wembo was 'World Cup Willie (doubles)' for me.

Red arris or whatever was just called stingers, occasionally hanging stingers if we felt hard (you hung of the crossbar while everyone belted the ball at you).

SPOT (surely i dont have to explain this one?) also turned into stingers, until one lad caught the ball of the back on his head and headbutted the wall

Also with Stingers, if you missed, you had to join the line.

Obviously going first was a bastrd. Whoever set up the final goal went 2nd to last, goalscorer picks the order of everyone else. And if whoever goes last misses then everyone takes stingers at him.

Good times.