Magician, Stakhanovite, Stanley Matthews: A Brief History of English Football’s Anxiety – Part 3

Srijandeep Das

20th October 2017 | 6:10 PM

This is a series on the history of English Football’s Anxieties.
Here’s part 1 – Masturbation and muscular Christianity, part 2 – It’s Bad Manners Being Clever!
Disclaimer: This feature is not so much about Sir Stanley Matthews (born 1st Feb. 1915- died 22nd Feb. 2000) as it is about the idea of Stanley Matthews (born 2nd May 1953 – ).

 

“But it’s pelting out there!” said a meaty man wrapped in an offending shade of bright yellow that only raincoats can dignify. “You’ll catch your death in this rain,” he said in a reproachful shrill that attempted to outdo the whistle of the kettle across him and nearly succeeding.

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