![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoHszfRUwgR5i9CXaAC8TPQ8nz6FHEj9G76rLpCwe1K07THXo5XKJxn4nOBfI8kJ6NQiVmffwV8oslzhuU5n80oiXH6KfFhVWzQyLYDtTrfD196l6UwDe52kr_AZ2SYFWy2UWMdUANIQ/s200/0-5.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKreMSYjtixjVh7SgJnTGezzZ2Es4XXD6iqleFnTt33KLp81VYPThOC4QGGBEfchpy8P_VD3yrRYPUtp7XwDzmV56OBOgd7PpQ8RDS_l30uaSlO4VhVVwFZ-Q6yU50tPBs8P5GnvdFoJ8/s200/0-4.jpg)
When James was growing up and living at home he played many, many hands of Rummy, Newmarket, Predictions with friends & family, and could hold his own from a very early age.
One of the packs of cards we used depicted badly drawn footballers - we often wondered if the artist even knew who Gary Lineker was - and it soon became our default deck.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gAL2E7cQoxzDulOcBOuBp9MkIpOXtBcjqwl16pLKSXQCxc7ZnN8wGb9ddHTc-vnGDAZUWd0I8FQcGn26RmUM2ng8faYHGaPXUxik_zGv3t0af9w82njOFAzSu0Y0mCxBYyzdDk-zlME/s200/0-3.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMFE6lwU2o0aYH9cp-0QBlaC6_zwpQe4rEFarhccFVgPdoPR5xdgIm26vG_224nqL-TbVrsyx9qsEO9K4sVSpfqF1vtzdO_AcxhpU9jqXZox0u8e1ep7FxAS1BGssGn5pJMgtwVHmpjU/s200/0-2.jpg)
David Beckham, on the other hand, was quite literally the ace in the pack. Lay down the Ace of Hearts and a shout of 'Becksy's out the pen' would drown out many a game.
But now Jack joins the list of those in the pack sadly no longer with us - George Best, Bobby Moore, Stanley Matthews...
Football playing cards. Today's object.
Speaking of George Best:
Link Wray - Ace of Spades (1965)
No comments:
Post a Comment