Soccer Fiction from 1976 - The Birthday Present

In 1976, I had a fictional short story published in "Football', a leading English football magazine.
That short story was reprinted two more times, in "The Saturday Evening Mercury" and in "The Australian".
Given that there is no football being played at present and therefore nothing much to write about, I thought I'd reproduce this story here, from the pages of that English magazine, "Football".
Strangely enough, this week saw the introduction of virtual Indy racing.  Who knows what the future holds, but this football story deals with one possible scenario.

Photo: Page 35 of "Football".

Photo:  Page 37 of "Football".

Photo:  Page 38 of "Football".