Cashing In On Fan Support - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Jumpers for Goalposts: How Football Sold Its Soul
by Rob Smyth and Georgina Turner
Published 1st December, £11.99 paperback original, Elliott & Thompson
Jumpers for Goalposts is a fascinating and funny reflection on why football has changed so much
since the inception of the English Premier League in 1992, and why the old descriptions of "the
beautiful game" and "the people's game" no longer fit.
If there is one thing we love in football, its a villain. Someone to hurl abuse at in such a
fashion that it would not be out of fashion at a Pantomime at the Hippodrome in Birmingham.
However, in pantomime we all know that anyone booing or hissing is merely in jest and by the end of
the evening the actors and actresses all are smiling away as they accept the standing ovation which
their performance (just about) deserves.
