'Why the beautiful game isn't worth the fuss these days' - Reader's letter
Peter Hyde has his take on watching the beautiful game these days...
As a young man I was a keen sportsman and took part in judo, archery, cricket and, yes, football – but I honestly fail to understand the fuss about the ‘beautiful’ game these days.
After all it is a game that allows 22 men/women to kick a bag of wind round a field with the aim of one team getting the ball in the net more often than the other team.
No one dies and most of the injuries are fake with the aim of the other men/woman getting sent off.
The players earn massive amounts of cash to play and the fans paying out huge sums just to watch it.
Cash would be better spent on better amusements.