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It's fair to say that our regular five-a-side ball has seen better days. Dog-eared and heavy with the rain of a hundred sodden encounters (or possibly the tears of a thousand spooned chances), it was becoming unplayable even for a bunch of Monday-night amateurs.

So it was a moment of much intrigue and no shortage of excitement when one of said amateurs arrived with an otherworldly orb in his hands this week; glowing neon yellow and blue like a beacon of heightened football ...

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