The End is Nigh
As football’s contest approaches its climax Philosophy Football’s MARK PERRYMAN reviews books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months.
THE Carabao, or those of us a tad old skool, League Cup Final, is long gone. The FA Cup staggering its past-the-sold-by-date towards the final, ditto the Champions and Rich Runners-Up League.
Up and down the divisions clubs have jostled their way to win promotion, staved off relegation or clung on to mid-table mediocrity. And for the few, not the many, the Premier League title.
Before you know it, all this will be done and dusted ready for it to begin all over again — the 2019/20 edition.
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