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		CYCLING Mulga Bill's Bicycle This funny ballad by ‘Banjo’ Paterson (whose most famous work is undoubtedly Waltzing Matilda) describes what happens when Mulga Bill swaps his trusted horse for a bicycle. As it was written in 1896, this surely makes Mulga Bill the very first BMX downhill racer!

FOOTBALL
Fan's View:
Stuart is a member of the Fleetwood branch of the Manchester United Football Club. Listen to him describing what it is like to follow the team around the UK and Europe.

football
Football dialogue: listen to Dave and Sean speaking about the World Cup and do the activities. You can do them on your own. If you listen and discuss the questions and answers in English with one or more people you can learn more.

football
Football jobs - The Club Mascot: listen to an interview with Stamford the Lion, the mascot of Chelsea Football Club.

football
Football jobs - The Club Photographer: listen to an interview with the official photographer of Chelsea Football Club.

football
Football jobs - Hospitality Steward: listen to an interview with a person who works at the stadium on match day to get everybody in the right place before the game is about to kick off.

FOOTBALL
Football poetry

The Beautiful Game by Rosemary Dun
New Age Football Men and Women by Crispin Thomas
Football Time by Stuart Butler
Why is Football the World Game? by Dennis Gould
Listen to and read poems

FOOTBALL
In My Father's Footsteps
Today was a pilgrimage. Today – for Andy – was a day like going to Rome, or sick people to Lourdes, or the people walking to Santiago de Compostela, or even Mecca. But Andy is a different type of pilgrim ... Listen to and read story

general sport
Records
Paul Hunn of north London holds the world record for the loudest burp: he can burp at a volume of over 118 decibels. John Evans of Sheffield can balance 62 books on his head. And Peter Dowedswell of Northampton can eat an entire three course meal consisting of soup, sausages, beans, mashed potatoes and prunes in only 45 seconds.

general sport
Sports volunteers
In the UK something like 22 million adults take part in formal volunteering every year, and, of those, six million get involved in sport on a regular basis.