Four Foot Eight

Wembley Central

It's a weekday afternoon during the school holidays and the grey skies are filled with swirling drizzle. Everything in sight glistens damply, including the scattering of passengers huddling under the canopies waiting to go somewhere else, preferably somewhere indoors. The station PA comes to life.

"For the attention of the children on the northbound platform - please note that ball games are strictly prohibited on London Underground stations for safety reasons. Please stop playing football and pick your ball up immediately. Thank you."

One missed pass later the players discover that in a match between a football and 160-odd tons of train, it's usually the train which wins.