The Afterword

Tag: football

  • Football Moments

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    Peter
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    What are your favourite sports to watch and play? I have loved football all my life. I remember as a small boy, falling in love with a game without knowing quite why. Or the strip of colours catching my eye when I’m seven, and the strange logic of childhood doing the rest. Supporting Aston Villa,…

  • The Plinth

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    Peter
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    Scene 1: The Plinth (Tuesday) Every Saturday, the crowds came.They spilled from trains and buses, jerseys clinging to skin, faces painted in club colours. At the edge of the plaza, the bronze footballer stood frozen—one leg raised, mid-kick, triumph etched into the sinews of his cast-metal thigh. Children climbed the plinth. Tourists struck poses. On…

  • To Move Together

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    Peter
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    It’s a simple enough question—what’s the most fun way to exercise? But for me, the answer loops around in unexpected directions, landing somewhere between the paradoxical and the profound. The short answer is: with people. Always with people. But not just any people. And certainly not in any way. This in itself is strange. I’m…