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If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer,

If this can be termed the century of the common man, then soccer, of all sports, is surely his game…. In a world haunted by the hydrogen and napalm bomb, the football field is a place where sanity and hope are still left unmolested. – Stanley Rous, 1952

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The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past. – Desmond Morris

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I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to show courage at it. Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting. – George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys

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To the aesthete it is an art form, an athletic ballet. To the spiritually inclined it is a religion. – Paul Gardner

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Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football. – Ondino Viera

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