Much like the wider economy, football in this country is an overinflated bubble ready to burst. Two years after failing to qualify for the European Championships, let us see further embarrassment with an early exit from the World Cup. Then let us seize this opportunity to properly scrutinise the national game and its failings, rather than single out the manger or individual members of the squad.
The appointment of Fabio Capello has brought about a more stylish and confident England. Now they have a kit to match.
I’ve just checked the BBC Sport website, and once again I read about another dismal performance from the England team (Israel 0-0 England).
Over the last few weeks I have been going over in my mind the reasons why I should support the national team at this years World Cup.
As I write these thoughts in early July 2004, still mourning the defeat against Portugal in a Euro 2004 Quarter Final, I realise the England team has come a long way in the last 4 years.
Many pundits were suggesting that Euro 2004 was our best chance of winning at international tournament since Italia ‘90, and who would have doubted them.
This was written during the research stage of my final major degree project. It’s not intended to be authoritive, yet I feel it is still informative, and highlights a few issues and historical facts I never knew about football and the business it’s become.
The first football clubs were formed by friends, workmates or existing sporting associations as a way to enjoy playing the game and to compete with each other. Inevitably the popularity of the game attracted entrepreneurs who were interested in the game as a commercial profit-making exercise.
Football has essentially reached half-time, and now has to decide whether it is to continue as a sport, with the many benefits to the communities it supports and to society in general, or as a business with benefits only to a few of its players—be them on the pitch and in the boardroom.
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