Why is the ball round? Why do footballers open their shirts to celebrate? What is a goal? Come discover the secrets of football symbolism with David Winner.
Outside a madhouse, in an empty lot in Buenos Aires, several blond boys were kicking a ball around.
“Who are they, papa?” asked a child.
“They are crazy people,” answered the man.– Eduardo Galeano
I wish I had been a bit better at football. If I were half as clever with the ball as I am thinking about it, I’d have been the Paul Robinson of football writing. You remember Paul Robinson, of course, the former England goalkeeper, with a tendency for well-directed long punts (goal kicks)?
