Donna loves football, and she was playing for the school football team - Chapel High. But now there is a new sports teacher, Mr Stanley, and he doesn't want girls in the school team. Donna can only watch the games now.

Chapel High has reached the final in the Inter-schools championship, and they are playing against Harton House. Chapel High is losing 2-0 - and one of their players, Barry Woodhead, is injured. They need somebody to take his place on the team. The only person who can take his place is Donna.

In a few seconds Donna was back on the football pitch. The whistle blew. She ran up the field on the right wing to take the cross from Stevie then she passed it on to Kevin. They all ran as fast as they could up the field. The ball was running ahead. Kevin passed it back to Donna and she took the shot from outside the penalty box. It flew up into the air and over the head of Harton's goalie and into the back of the net.

Immediately the Chapel fans went mad. They started singing and cheering and clapping as loud as they could. The teachers were smiling and Mr Blunderbuss was beaming.
'That's more like it, Chapel High.'

It was 2 - 1 now and only ten minutes to go. They started again from the centre spot. Again Chapel High got the ball and started to attack. Donna ran down the field and saw Scott Perkins heading towards her. He ran into her at full speed and said 'Oops, sorry!' as he chopped Donna's legs from under her. The referee didn't see a thing.
'I'll get you for that!' thought Donna.

The ball went out for a throw-in. Stevie Hamilton threw it in to Kevin Johnson who beat three players and took a shot. It hit the post, bounced back into the penalty area and as the Harton defence scrambled to clear it Donna put out her toe and put the ball into the net. Hurray! Hurray! Now they were equal. 2 all. And only five minutes to go…

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