Rachel Feldpausch’s Reviews > Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics > Status Update

“The average standard of play would go up remarkably if the result were not the all-important end of matches…. Fear of defeat and the loss of points eat into the confidence of players…. If we would have better football, we must find some way of minimizing the importance of winning and the value of points….eventually all those who are looking to win games will toy with negativity.” - written in the 1920s.