Number 1: High Rise Football

Here it is. Numero Uno in the list of 101 ways to make football more interesting.

High Rise Football.

Graham Taylor, Wimbledon (When they were Wimbledon), Bolton today (allegedly). Route One is the tactic we’re talking about, not bothering with skill or build up play and giving the ball to a centre back who hoofs it up field to a big striker who then knocks it down in the hope that one of his diminutive team mates will get hold of it and score. A legitimate strategy yes, fun to watch no. To eradicate this tactic and make football more entertaining I suggest that football pitches be moved to the top of high rise tower blocks. This would mean that footballers would be encouraged to keep the ball on the deck. The player that hoofs the ball off the pitch will be deeply unpopular for a start and will no doubt be sent down the many flights of stairs or down an elevator to retrieve the ball (There would only be one ball to make the players extra careful). This would leave to massive amount of extra time and footballers would no doubt want the game finished to do valuable charity work. It could be argued that you could just alter a match so no-one hit the ball over head height on a normal pitch like five-a-side. This would be neither fun nor workable as footballers would simply forget without the visible threat of falling off a tall building.