Ed Jervis

But Grandad fell ill.

But Grandad fell ill.

It's me, Ed.

I tell Gabriel I've got a story for him about football.

Let me stop you right there, I say.

Gordon Banks, another trophy for his sideboard.

We didn't even qualify for another World Cup for another 12 years.

We didn't even qualify for another World Cup for another 12 years.

John Mahoney, the substitute.

And even then, it seemed like a curse had been laid on the national team.

And even then, it seemed like a curse had been laid on the national team.

We would just sort of laugh it off and kind of, oh yeah, all right, grandad, one too many tacos for some dodgy street vendor or whatever it was.

We would just sort of laugh it off and kind of, oh yeah, all right, grandad, one too many tacos for some dodgy street vendor or whatever it was.

We didn't even qualify for another World Cup for another 12 years.

And even then, it seemed like a curse had been laid on the national team.

We would just sort of laugh it off and kind of, oh yeah, all right, Grandad won too many tacos for some dodgy street vendor or whatever it was.