Franklin_Nwakamma

What is worse than being the worst team in the world?
For Dave Richards that was a very easy but heartbreaking question to answer, a goalkeeper who performed poorly between the sticks, he was still available as a first-choice goalkeeper because Unique FC didn't have any other goalkeeper.

He was slow on his feet, couldn't jump properly and worst of all, he didn't know how to hold the ball properly.

The only way that Unique FC was able to survive taking in a massive goal-fest sometimes was because of the extra effort they put in their defence.

After a terrible match in which Dave wasn't able to make any saves and also made a lot of mistakes, he was seriously scolded by the managerial staff and almost received a beating from his angry teammates.

He got home sad and also angry at all those who told him he looked like his grandfather and would therefore inherit his goalkeeping skills.

He discovered a hidden door below his room and when he got down there the only thing he could see was a black box.

He found the box to be quite familiar and when he opened it the last thing he saw was a bright white light when the light was gone he could see something in his field of vision.

[ Welcome Dave ]

[ You have activated the Goalkeeping system ]

A female voice read out the messages.

This is a story about how an ordinary man who didn't know his place between the sticks went from nothing to pro and beyond that.

My Goalkeeping System

The players from both teams were now on the pitch warming up as the stand was slowly getting filled up by fans from both teams.


Dave was among the people in the stands, he was sitting in a place elevated a little with Emma so that they would be able to see everything from there but the place wasn't that high and so far no one seemed to have taken the seats around them until….


A blonde-haired goal walked past them and just before she could sit down on the seat in front of them, she slowly turned.


"Hey, it's you." She said with a warm smile on her face before she quickly got closer to the two. "Mr. Dave."


Dave looked quite clueless as he was trying to remember where he met her and who she was.


'Oh, yeah, the girl at the airport at Lospeno.'


"You're…the girl from the airport at Lospeno, right?" Dave said before quickly putting on a smile.


"You remembered me." She said with a little giggle.


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