Western Daily Press (Saturday)

Too much football will swamp our TVs

- Colin Richey Tiverton, Devon

I KNOW I am virtually on my own when I say that the vicious virus which has destroyed all our lives has given me a well earned rest from interminab­le soccer programmes. What joy!

No longer do I have to see players spitting and going bonkers when they score a goal as though they have found a cure to a nasty disease!

And what is more I don’t have to listen to Gary Lineker and his football pundits describing every move and every missed goal... who cares?

When I was a schoolboy – oh so many years ago – football was a game to be watched and admired but now it is no longer a sport, it is big business.

Players and managers expect to be paid vast sums and live like pop stars.

Unfortunat­ely that will never change and when football is once again swamping our TV screens, my joy will return to despair.

Oh well that’s life!

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