sentences:  He aspired at a young age to be a football player and signed for Fulham F.C.team; Waddell reflects that he scored a hat-trick on his debut in adult football but wound up as a goalkeeper.When it became clear his future did not lie in professional football, Waddell turned to his other love and began to write (he would later combine the two in the "Napper" series of football-centred children's books).