Down with football. From: Contemporary Review | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Berry, Ralph | COPYRIGHT 2004 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

FOOTBALL has had a bad press through most of the ages, only recently being elevated to 'the beautiful game', the continuation of aesthetics by other means. The old view was well put by Sir Thomas Elyot, who in his The Book named the Governor (1531) described football as a game

 
     wherein is nothing but beastly fury and extreme violence, whereof 
     proceedeth hurt, and consequently rancour and malice do remain with 
     them that be wounded, whereof it is to be put ...

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