On a similar note, some authorities and observers, appear to have lost sight of the distinction between football and society. In recent years they have overinflated the importance of football as a substitute to try to fill the gap where our society’s public and political life ought to be. It seems there cant be a death nowadays without an out pouring of collective grief and sympathy, mountains of flowers, and tears from people who act as if they know the deceased from watching on TV. It started with the death of Lady Di, a collective hysteria that bears no resemblance to reality -and Liverpool in particular seem to have developed the minutes silence into an art form -though perhaps they should also consider the murdered at Heysel....