{"id":288,"date":"2023-01-02T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:53:17","slug":"philosophy-of-football-soccer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/?page_id=288","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy of Football \/ Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"288\" class=\"elementor elementor-288\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-148fed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"148fed0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73ee444\" data-id=\"73ee444\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9786c4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e9786c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89144dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89144dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Philosophy of Football (Soccer)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66450e0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66450e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc9aecb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc9aecb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf9e324\" data-id=\"cf9e324\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b47c1aa elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b47c1aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17511321.2015.1020854\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-and-penalty-shootouts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-821\" alt=\"Screenshot of &apos;Good games and penalty shootouts&apos; by Emily Ryall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-and-penalty-shootouts.jpg 653w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-and-penalty-shootouts-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17511321.2015.1020854\">'Good Games and Penalty Shootouts'<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This paper considers what makes football the 'beautiful game' and why penalty shootouts should not be part of it.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b52652c\" data-id=\"b52652c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f760dba elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"f760dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Aesthetics-Poetics-and-Rhetoric-of-Soccer\/Askin-Diederich-Bieri\/p\/book\/9780815385738\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-as-athletic-beauty.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-822\" alt=\"Book cover of The Aesthetics Poetics and Rhetoric of Soccer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-as-athletic-beauty.jpg 352w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Good-games-as-athletic-beauty-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Aesthetics-Poetics-and-Rhetoric-of-Soccer\/Askin-Diederich-Bieri\/p\/book\/9780815385738\">Good Games as Athletic Beauty<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This book chapter develops the argument set out in 'Good games and penalty shootouts' as to why football is rightly called the 'beautiful game'.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c18d63\" data-id=\"2c18d63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424fc7a elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"424fc7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.tv\/articles\/the-beautiful-game-made-ugly-auid-2310\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Qatar-sportswashing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-295\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Qatar-sportswashing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Qatar-sportswashing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Qatar-sportswashing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Qatar-sportswashing-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.tv\/articles\/the-beautiful-game-made-ugly-auid-2310\" target=\"_blank\">'The Beautiful Game Made Ugly'<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Commissioned article for the Institute for Art and Ideas. November 2022.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10dfeda\" data-id=\"10dfeda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111a336 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"111a336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books\/about\/Uno_Due_It_s_Personal.html?id=BnTAzQEACAAJ&#038;redir_esc=y\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uno-due.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-345\" alt=\"Clip from Book cover Uno-Due\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uno-due.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uno-due-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uno-due-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emilyryall.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uno-due-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books\/about\/Uno_Due_It_s_Personal.html?id=BnTAzQEACAAJ&#038;redir_esc=y\" target=\"_blank\">'Eye of the Beholder'<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Commissioned chapter for Uno-Due, an Italian\/English book on the Beautiful Game of Football. 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