Can anyone help with this book title?

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when I was at primary school (30 years ago) we read a book, that was a collection of short stories. one was about a footballer - and this was where the title came from, it was something to do with a 'banana kick' , I think. The only other story I can remember from the book, was a story where the twist was that a group of alien space children had been 'watching' children on earth.

I am not explaining this very well

It has been driving me mad for days, and although it is bound to be out of print, it is a book I think ds would have liked.

(I used to know of a website where you could track down books you couldn't remember- but i can't remember the name of that either!!)

can anyone help with my ramblings?

I don't know it. I do know of a website, well a livejournal community that tracks down books if you don't have any luck here. It's called whatwasthatbook.

Oh, Thankyou, MsWeatherwax- sorry it took a while to reply, i had to go out after I posted.

Another search site is Abe books (google it) which has two search forums on its community page.

Clawdy- thank you- I will try them too. It is niggling at my brain that there is something really important in the title that I missing!

The Goalkeeper's Revenge.
The Goalie was famous for being "The goalie who stopped Bob Thropper" -
we read it at school too, in the late seventies iirc.