Tim, I just saw this quote and it’s made me think:
“the big difference between rugby and football is that footballers spend 90 minutes pretending they’re hurt and rugby players spend 80 minutes pretending they’re not”
You know how much I love both these sports. And the great times we’ve had at Deepdale watching the best team in Lancashire.
“the big difference between rugby and football is that footballers spend 90 minutes pretending they’re hurt and rugby players spend 80 minutes pretending they’re not”
You know how much I love both these sports. And the great times we’ve had at Deepdale watching the best team in Lancashire.
But I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s now something rotten at the heart of football. It’s not the huge salaries and foreign owners that bother me, that’s just how the world works – if a lot of people will pay to watch something that very few other people can do they’ll get loads of money.
I’m no angel myself. I’ve had some choice insults for the donkeylashers over the years. And those who’ve had the misfortune to watch me play will tell you I was much more Vinnie Jones than Ronaldo. I’ve seen some bad times for football – the boot boys and Heysel for just two. I’ve seen dirty players (Kenny Burns anyone?), rubbish players (Massimo Taibi), useless managers (Bobby Charlton) barmy chairmen (Vladimir Romanov), blind refs (Uriah Rennie) and divers (Jurgen Klinsmann), But nothing that ever made me despair.
But now it’s the faking injury, the screaming at the ref, the excuses after every defeat, the refusal to stick to contracts anyone signs. And when you start to see these things being practised on our local park by 9 year-olds you know something is awfully wrong.
I’m very sad to say this Tim, because it’s given me a lifetime of pleasure, but I think you should leave football behind. And watch and play a sport which has values by which you can run your life.
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