Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:35:52 +0000
From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: lingua franca/football



>Unlike other, more middle class sports, football was
>originally a working class game, so there was never
>the slightest suggestion that there could be such
>a thing as a "British" team.

what is it that they say?  something like this:

"football is a gentleman's sport played by ruffians, and rugby is a
ruffian's sport played by gentlemen."

or is it the other way around - i never can remember.

mokey