The Doctor Khumalo Story: A Football Biography by Olebile Sikwane

The Doctor Khumalo Story: A Football Biography by Olebile Sikwane
The Doctor Khumalo Story: A Football Biography by Olebile Sikwane

Some years ago, I chanced on a book entitled Fever Pitch, A Fan’s Life by Nick Hornby.

With passage of time that delightful little memoir rose up the bestseller lists and assumed the status of a cult classic for fans of the English game, particularly those who followed Arsenal. Fever Pitch coincided with the globalisation of the game.

Muddy pitches, foul-mouthed hooligans waging terrace fights between different football tribes had been emblematic of the game. Some grown-ups had to step in, clean up the English game into a quality product that could go beyond provincial and appeal to the world.

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