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For The Love Of The Game
Illustration by Adoracia Nongkhlaw
My grandfather who played for a number of amateur football clubs in the 50s and 60s and authored Phutbol: Kumno Ban Ialehkai (How To Play Football), a seminal book for its time, does not like to watch European club football. He despises the play-acting, the flopping and the over-commercialization of a sport he once adored. “They were entertainers,” my grandfather remembers the football of his time. “Apart from the passion and determination to win a game, their main objective was …
Posted On: August 3, 2021