Welcome to Peterborough United football club spoke the rotund man in a gruff voice. Im Barry Fry.Colin Cole replied the slightly nervous looking teenager. Immediately he felt stupid. As if the club didnt know the name of the player they were about to be offering a four year contract to. Why did he introduce himself?Ill be showing you around today the voice bellowed again. Colin hadnt particularly had much interest in football, growing up he had rarely watched a game and never supported a team. The thought of picking it up as a full-time job had never cro sed his mind. He knew nothing about Peterborough United but he hadnt contemplated not signing the contract. He needed money and the chance to get away from the local supermarket was something he was not about to turn down, his school grades had hardly given him a vast amount of jobs to chose from.Colin didnt need the tour. For an hour he listened to Barry selling the club. From Colins limited knowledge the clubs facilities didnt appear state-of-the-art but it was better than Waitrose and that was all that mattered. Barrys enthusiasm never died though. How many times had he given this talk? How could he still sound so pa sionate? Colin wanted to be away from Jaime Garcia Jersey him. He knew he was trying to put him at ease but his constant smiling and putting his thumbs in the air had made the whole conversation awkward. _______________________________________________________________________________Hi Colin, Im Darren Ferguson, manager of Peterborough United.Colin pushed his way round the revolving door that led to the office. The blue walls had been covered with pictures of past glories in the clubs history. On one stood a man ki sing what looked like a silver baton with an eagle of top of it. Another showed the man in-front of him with his arm around another suited Josh Donaldson Jersey , blacked haired gentlemen pointing sky-wards. Right, heres the contract Colin. If you chose to sign it you will be contracted to Peterborough United until 2015. By which time well be in the Champions League exclaimed Barry. With a rather annoyed looked Darren continued. Your initial salary will be 400 a week and, if Im honest, we dont expect you to play much of a part for the remainder of the season. If you impre s us in training during pre-season youll be involved next year. If not then well loan you out to get some match experience. Youve not played much first team football at any level up to now so you must appreciate that this is a gamble for the club, but we have seen potential in you and this club has a history of bringing through non-league talent, as Im sure you know.Yes agreed Colin. He didnt have a clue. In-fact he had hardly listened after being told he would be on 400 a week. A small fortune. He wanted to jump out and punch the air but had to contain himself.Are these terms okay? Yeah, sounds good. Where do I sign? Colin didnt want to sound too excited. A stubby finger pointed towards the dotted line at Curtis Granderson Jersey the bottom of the page and Colin scribbled his signature as quickly as po sible, without reading any of the small print.______________________________________________________________________________Boydie, hit it! Its no good leaving four players on their arses if you do that! Ferguson shouted as the ball dribbled into the lanky goalkeepers hands for the fourth time running.Colin heard the long, brown haired man seemingly known as Boydie mutter he normally drops those under his breath. Colin was up next and was nervous. His first shot. He needed to make an impre sion. A man with a tracksuit emblazoned with the initials M.R was cro sing balls over for the players, one-by-one, to take turns in smashing the ball at the goal-keeper from close-range. Just keep your eyes on the ball, Colin thought to himself. It couldnt be that hard, could it? He drew back his right foot and swung.The next thing he was lying on his back, staring up to the sky and hearing laughter. Colin had slipped as he rapidly swung his leg forward and barely connected. Even the goalkeeper was laughing as the ball squirmed Devon Travis Jersey between his hands and into the back of the net. Boydie was quick to help him back to his feet. Sorry mate, I dont mean to be rude, but who are you? Colin looked around as the high voice met his ears, he was convinced it didnt belong to the man standing in-front of him but nobody else was there. Hi, sorry I should have introduced myself, Im Colin. Ive just signed.Dont worry about the shot. Its not the worst first attempt. At least the ball went in. You should have seen Gabbys first one, he tried to slide-tackle the ball into the goal. And Charlies. He managed to smash the ball into the next field.Shut-it Boydie, just because you couldnt reach the next field Charlie quickly retorted. Colin feigned laughter. Quickly Marco Estrada Jersey trying to think of another question, to make conversation, a scraggy blonde-haired man appeared in his peripheral vision. Whos that? Why is he running around the pitch? Colin asked, genuinely inquisitive as to why this man had been running around since he arrived an hour ago.Oh, thats Craig, or Macca as we like to call him. He doesnt stop, I dont think he knows how to stand still. Mind, its only this season he learnt how to shoot. He mi sed about as many chances as Joe dropped catches previously.Colin was quickly distracted by shouting. Kelvin, hes in the U12s why is he beating you in the air? screamed the manager. Do you want to join Collis and Nana? No gaffer. No, please dont send me there. Kelvin appeared terrified. What had happened to Collis and Nana, Colin thought to himself. Whatever it was, Colin didnt want to find out. He realised he better not make too many more mistakes.