In Nairobi, Kenya Dipen Patel was voted as one of the top ten footballers in Africa, but this was in the under 12`s section.

AS and A Level Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

Part one: Past ©

In Nairobi, Kenya Dipen Patel was voted as one of the top ten footballers in Africa, but this was in the under 12`s section. He was only eight and he had a long career waiting for him. Dipen was a tremendous player with beautiful finishing into the back of the net and he could move like a snake. He was also as fast as lightining; he had the reflexes of a cat. He could perform magic with the ball.

He had to work very hard and score goals because he was to get scouted by Arsenal so he can move to a club in England. He had to work very hard because he was one of the five top footballers in Africa. He was doing his best to be a footballer because he was trying to make his parents happy.

There was one more job for him to do and that is to start training because the under 12`s Africa nations cup was about to start, and if Nairobi did win the cup Dipen was guaranteed the top five spot.

The day had finally come, so this meant the match against Congo was only two hours before kick off for the pay-per-view television match. There was a record crowd of fifty thousand spectators in the stadium. As soon as Dipen got on the pitch, the crowd was cheering Dipen`s name like a thousand birds trying to wake you up. The atmosphere was unbelievable around him. The crowd was confident that Dipen the young star would perform his magic. Kick-off and Congo started attacking heavily, but after 26 minutes Johanna scored with a spectacular strike, half time was approaching. So it was 1-0 to Nairobi at half time. The next half nothing happened and the final score was 1-0.

That night there was celebrations everywhere, the streets were full of joy. The players had a party and this party was a really funny one as all the players were drunk with coke. It was now time to go home and Dipen`s mum forgot to pick him up so he walked it home although he was warned about the danger. He was walking for a very long time, passing alleyways and many streets. He walked and on the way in an alleyway a gang of boys stabbed him. He also got beaten and was bruised everywhere. He was a ...