Nearly Reach the Sky (2015)
“The point of the barb, of course, is the suggestion that the recipient never actually goes to a match and therefore can’t feel the pain and the pleasure of true supporters, who regularly pay to go through the turnstiles. But, as we all know, watching your team lose can hurt every bit as much when it’s televised as when you’re there in person.Winning, perhaps, isn’t quite as pleasurable. Jumping around the sitting room making loud guttural noises as you celebrate a goal and startling the cat who... had been dozing peacefully in the other chair cannot compare with the collective thrill of being part of a crowd that rises in unison to salute that sublime joy of the ball hitting the back of an opponent’s net. But it does ensure that the moggy gives you a wide berth for the rest of the day and pesters another family member when it requires feeding.
There was a time when live televised football was about as rare as a John Radford goal in West Ham colours (actually, that’s a bit unfair – nothing is as rare as a John Radford goal in West Ham colours).MoreLess
There was a time when live televised football was about as rare as a John Radford goal in West Ham colours (actually, that’s a bit unfair – nothing is as rare as a John Radford goal in West Ham colours).MoreLess
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