I always wanted to play   In the school football team   But the coach said I wasn't fast enough   I wasn't no good it seemed   I used to watch them practice   But I never got a game   I went to every trial they had   But every time I failed   I didn't want to be pele   Unlike all my mates   That wasn't my ambition   I just wanted once to play   The football team would travel out   Playing other schools   But they'd never take me on the bus   Although I begged them to   Of course they'd all return   With talk of robbo's goals   And how little nobby forder   Took the defense all on his own   All the ninety minutes were relived   Well, that's how to me it seemed   As I sat in awe and watched myself   Playing in my dreams   In my dreams...   Playing in my dreams...   In my dreams...   But never once the real thing   They'd never let me play   They just said I wasn't good enough   And I'd just get in the way   But then one day it happened   A real scorcher in mid-march   Paul robbo broke his leg   And nobby forder holidayed in france   Kevin soaper and big nose duggan   They both caught chicken pox   They were both at home confined to bed   To nurse their itchy spots   It was the all-important semi-final   Second leg of the cup   Against local rivals queensbury boy's school   They were one nil up   The coach turned to me in desperation   And he pleaded for my help   "this is it, your big chance david!   Can you make the numbers up? "   Well I grinned from ear to ear   And I must have looked quite chuffed   As I seized my opportunity   And told him to get stuffed!