Letter: Footie falsehood

"The most beautiful of beautiful games" (Perspective, 28 January) as a description of professional football is a graphic example of "false consciousness".

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Jan 2011, 17:16 BST

Updated 28th Jan 2011, 21:43 BST

Surely first-class football is a global industry revolving around money? It is likely without television's spending power and market forces, football may still have been "the beautiful game".

Ellis Thorpe

Old Chapel Walk

Inverurie