"They have been drawn in a difficult group, but hey, everyone has been drawn in a difficult group. With this foreign coach they will go far. He understands them. He is up-to-date with his practice and methodology. His parents know Africa. They were traders. Or missionaries. Or both."

In episode Nineteen we look back to Luke Alfred's 'An African Parable' from Issue Zero, which contains no names or teams that you will recognise by their names or the colours of their shirts, but a story that you will know because it is so common as to be representative.

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