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Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England. Rich and, young and old, you can see them all there, shouting andfor one side or the other.
You may be surprised to find that even the smallest boy seems to have the greatof the game. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He hasof them and knows the results of many matches. He will tell you who he expects willsuch and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
In England, it isthat education means not only filling a boy’s mind with facts in a classroom but also training character. One of theways of training character is by playing games,team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of workinghimself alone.
Football is good exercise for the, it is a team game, it needs skill and a quick brain. So the school often arranges games and matches for its pupils.