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Thank you for such a thoughtful piece. Might be worth considering the sociological development of football which used to provide a unifying force for young men from poor families. It’s now increasingly expensive to watch - even on TV - and the sums of money which change hands are as alienating as they are eye-watering.

And I think society in general seems to welcome violence - often extreme violence - in its popular drama, literature and film tastes. How many of the wildly popular detective shows start with a grisly murder and then the mortuary?

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