Friday, November 20, 2009

It's not just a game

The English writer Terry Pratchett said that "The thing about football, the important thing about football, is that it is not about football."

Football is a game and it is more than just a game. It is global, it is tribal. It unites and it divides. It is base and it is poetry. It is waiting for that divine moment when one man transcends reality and makes us cry out with joy or despair.

It brings out the best in people. It brings out the worst.

Football is human. Football matters.

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