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Back of the Net! It's leather, it's round, it's Britain's gift to the world!

Back of the Net! It's leather, it's round, it's Britain's gift to the world!

Update: 2026-01-23
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Suzanne moves the goalposts and gives football the Garlic & Pearls treatment: it's a story where passions run high, from obsessive devotion to dogged attempts to ban the sport, whether because of its riotous violence of because it's deemed unsuitable for ladies. A cast of colourful characters keep the ball moving: Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, the five-foot-tall Lady Florence Dixie and her husband Lord ABCD, Nettie Honeyball and legendary scorer Lily Parr ... But how did quicksilver come into it? And where was the world's oldest extant football discovered, hinting at protection from witchcraft?

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Back of the Net! It's leather, it's round, it's Britain's gift to the world!

Back of the Net! It's leather, it's round, it's Britain's gift to the world!