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Author Topic: No Middle Ground  (Read 31221 times)

Offline ErnSal

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No Middle Ground
« on: November 13, 2022, 06:22:06 PM »
A great result for Colts beating the Braves 4-1 even though the game itself wasn’t of the highest quality. Colts, this season, either win or lose. They are the only side in the league who haven’t drawn a game. No middle ground for them. It reminded me of a much more extreme example that I first heard from my father. He told me that when Italy reached the final of the World Cup in France in 1938, the team received a telegram from Mussolini with the words ‘Win or Die’. Not surprisingly they won. Lol. The story has never been confirmed and it may very well be an urban myth but if true it would certainly have provided some unwelcome but powerful motivation for the players. Thankfully, we have more positive motivations in the lower leagues: pride in performance and a determination to win. And there is no doubt that the Lowland league is second to none when it comes to competitiveness.