’Controvassy’ is all that’s left

The old saver ‘cultural differences’ was suggested; the first refuge of racists and the inappropriately friendly

We have known, for a while, that the good people of England have little or no interest left in football. A startling development for a bunch that appear, on the face of it, to talk of little else.

But the everyday rudiments and mechanics of the game; the mundane pursuit of glory — much of that is lost to them now. Now, all they talk of is, as they call it, ‘controvassy’.