Steven Gerrard, captain of Liverpool and England, learned to play football in the school playground, but proper footballs have been banned so the chances of children at Malvern primary of Huyton following in his footsteps have taken a turn for the worse.
The only balls not considered to be a health hazard by the school are made of sponge those with synthetic leather are too dangerous according to Julie Peach, head teacher of the school, saying health and safety regulations mean only sponge balls can be used for a kick about all others are banned before classed in the morning and during playtime and school defended their policy saying a duty to protect kids of all ages was their responsibility.
Tory MP, David Davies said if every school has the same attitude England’s football team would find it difficult to compete with the Blue Square Premier League let alone on the world stage and this is the last thing we need after an awful performance in South Africa adding that getting whacked in the face and scrapping your knee on the playground is part of growing up and playing with a sponge ball, what is the world coming to and if I had a child at this school I would be fit to be tied.
We cannot raise children to become cocooned cotton buds, even though we live in a litigation society you cannot tell me a proper ball was not used by Steven Gerrard when he played football in the playground and he even fell over once or twice, I bet.