A story about how a working class lad’s promising footy career is cut short by injury. The lad is happy to turn to marriage instead, but his mentor regrets the lost opportunities. Taking the title and the publishing date into mind, the story was probably meant to be about how some men value a football career over marriage. However, looking at it now (in 2015) away from the era of militant feminism, we can see the wider social dimension to the story, and how it shows us that a successful football career can save some men from the social limitations of poverty and lack of educational opportunities.
Review by Irene Hogan