“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.”
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
The game has ended and “Equal Rites” has been crowned winner of the Discworld Cup 2022, although “Mort” gave them a run for their money. Did you predict the result?
Thanks for playing along. Until next time, football Discworld fans!
“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.”
“‘I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir’”
“We play and are played and the best we can hope for is to do it with style.”
“It is considered in the Sto Plains that only scoundrels know the second verse of their national anthem, since anyone spending time memorizing that would be up to no good purpose.”
“It’s the sharing,” she said. “It’s being part of the crowd. It’s chanting together. It’s all of it. the whole thing.”
“My ladsh,” said Swithin, “are the besht there ish. It’sh not their fault they’re up againsht better people.”
“The strength of the player is the team and the strength of the team is the player.”
“We are going to stick to the rules. And the thing about sticking to the rules is that it’s sometimes better than cheating.”
“Football is very much like diplomacy: short periods of fighting followed by long periods of negotiation.”
“Wizards were competitive. It was part of wizardry. Wizards have no more idea of a friendly game than cats have of a friendly mouse.”
All images on this page are copyright Penguin Random House except the following images:
