- It's Worldwide - It encompasses the globe, whether Southern or Northern Hemisphere, whether Cold Climate or Hot.
- It doesn't care whether you play in a poor or affluent area.
- It doesn't matter what colour you are
- It doesn't matter what sex you are
- Disability football covers as much as it possibly can
- It doesn't matter what age you are, whether you are at a Toddlers kick about, or Walking Football.
- It is played from the mountains and high altitude of Peru, to the Islands of the Seychelles.
- It is played by Public Schools with vasts wealth, and by refugees in transit camps
Football - the game doesn't care about such things as race, creed, colour, religion or sexuality;
Have you got a ball - or tin can
Is there something that you can aim for as a goal
Then that is what matters.
Football is a family, it has one language.
As players and fans we are extremely competitive. and yes vast businesses have grown on the back of football.
BUT
When tragedy hits the sport, we are together as one;
Chapecoensa FC
When the plane carrying Chapecoensa FC, their support staff and journalists crashed last night, it left only six personnel surviving. Three of the team, two airline staff and one journalist. The team was seen as a wonderful example of a small team, from a small town, that had managed to defeat all those bigger more famous teams, to get to the Final of the second largest tournament in South America. They were at the height of their game, the most exciting period of their lives.
I send a prayer to them and their families, Although little consolation, I hope they find some solace in the realisation that the football family is sending their thoughts and prayers to them.
Lets hope that as a football nation we can help them to provide a fitting tribute to their hero's, who had provided so much excitement, hopes and dreams. for themselves, their families and their nation.
