Words On FIELD...
(N.Z P A -Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. Referee. In Somereet are being adtised by county soccer official, not to be too puritanical and to .top booking player* for using that “Pygmalion” word.
Mr D. Cummins, chairman of the Somerset Football Association. says: “We have to consider where to draw the line where bad language is concerned.
“Today the speech on the factory floor gets out on to the football field and is accepted more or less naturally.
“The word ’bloody' for example. is In common use on television and in the press, but we have had cases of referees booking players for using IL
“This is a bit much, and we are having Informal talks with referees because some of them are inclined to be a bit puritanical."
Mr Cummins has made it plain that they would not condone the use of “a certain four-letter word."
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 19
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147Words On FIELD... Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31080, 8 June 1966, Page 19
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