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  1. originallambrettaman

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    Sting helps develop indestructible football for world’s disadvantaged children

    Californian Tim Jahnigen was watching a documentary featuring children in war-torn Darfur playing with balls made from rubbish tied together with string and struck upon an idea. One conversation with his friend and music behemoth Sting later, Jahnigen had the necessary £200,000 of funding to research and develop a near-indestructible football that could be donated to underprivileged children across the globe.

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    I see the ball is made in Canada. I'll have to get one for my grandson. What a great project and well done Tim Jahnigen and Sting. Thanks for posting, OLM.
     
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    You can still kick it onto a roof or over a fence though right?
     
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    Only if there's a drainpipe to climb onto the roof or if you can climb the fence and avoid the dog or owner on the other side.
     
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    Never mind "underprivileged children" when I was a kid if I punctured my football on my mother's rose bushes (happened plenty) I didn't get another one very quickly. I got used to kicking around a punctured football. That's a nice thing Sting is doing but I'm still not going to buy his records.
     
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    As a kid I once took someone's drainpipe clean off their wall with a stray shot. I wouldn't trust them to hold one's weight.
     
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    Are you Peter Lorimer? Who?
     
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    It wasn't a particularly hard shot, just seemed to hit it at the perfect angle and position to bring it off the wall. Presumably it wasn't secured very well. It sort of hopped across the pavement a bit and landed between two cars.
     
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    Great idea, fairly pricey though but thankfully Chevrolet have sponsored them for 1.5 million balls
     
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    How long did you hold your breath for??
     
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    i smashed a window at school once, playing slam beneath a window wasn't a good idea
     
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  12. TheCasual

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    Could of do with that from late 90's to the mid 00's on the rough terrain of Bransholme.

    We went through hundreds of £3 Umbro footballs from Soccer Sports as it was know then
     
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    the one in prospect centre with the big bins of mitre and umbro balls? usually size 4

    they were always kicked about in the shop
     
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