Adolf Hitler: my part in his sporting education

The Independent - London | April 8, 1994| | Copyright

THE RULES of football are daily becoming more and more complicated. No sooner have we accustomed ourselves to the latest ruling on the number of paces a goalkeeper can move with the ball than we are told that it is now illegal for Britain and Germany to play a match on Adolf Hitler's birthday. Am I the only person who finds this new rule a little odd?

I find it odd not only because until a month or two ago probably nobody in Britain had the slightest idea when Hitler's birthday was, but also because it doesn't take into account what Hitler himself might have felt about the matter - and it is ...

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