Number 5: Feet of Flames.

Feet of Flames

Now I’m not saying that footballers should have the grace of Michael O’Flatley, I have something more dramatic in mind. As a teenager I used to wake up to the oddity that is Trans World Sport. A half hour show on Channel 4 involving people and sports that you have never heard or were popular years ago, Kabbadi, curling, Ilie Nastasi etc. It being such a flighty programme, you would dip in and out of it so it’s possible to miss something amazing. I remember one Monday at school a friend of mine relating how he saw a game of football played with the ball on Fire! Now I have forgotten about Algebra, Loci and the average rainfall of Botswana, but I do remember that my friend saw people playing football on fire. This doesn’t need much explaining really, get a ball, set it on fire and blow the whistle. Some of my suggestions would make football faster, more skilful etc.. Feet of Flames would make things more tense, just kicking the ball would take some courage let alone heading or catching it. This would be football for people who like drama. One drawback that the ball could be used specifically to maim other players by kicking it directly at them, but this surely only brings a new dimension to the game.