41.   I have promised to stick the ball in the net if I get a chance.

42.   Slaven put the ball in the net in the dying minutes but the goal was disallowed for offside.

43.   Ballesteros wore a protective belt to cushion his aching back, caused by hitting too many balls in practice in Morocco last Friday.

44.   Instead, head, knee and bat meet the ball in the perpendicular as with so many other modern players.

45.   Five minutes later another Thompson throw-in was headed on by Garnett and PUGH hooked the ball in.

46.   I believe they need a more direct winger, someone in the Gordon Strachan mould who will get into crossing positions and put the ball in first time.

47.   Is that a squashed ball in the road?

48.   So are you leaving the ball in my court on that?

49.   All three contenders played winning ball in September.