The Soccer Machine — David Bedford

8-0? How could The Team lose 8-0? Easily! Harvey s team always loses. Professor Gertie, Harvey s neighbor, can t really understand it, but her game winning inventions for The Team just haven t helped. (Her Bouncy Boots were too bouncy and her Smoke Machine was too smoky.) Now she thinks she has the perfect solution: Mark 1, the Soccer Machine. He has a metal body covered with Squidgy Skin, a top speed of 45 miles per hour and he s programmed to win! But will this latest invention really work? Can The Team actually win?