Here’s what Danny Blanchflower got wrong about football and glory. Sometimes it really doesn’t matter how you win. And, for Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, this is one of those times. The precise origin of a quote that has come to define a football philosophy is uncertain. What is not in dispute, however, is what was said: “The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning.


Source:   The Times
May 20, 2025 19:30 UTC