The Beautiful Game
The Beautiful Game (Portuguese: o jogo bonito) is a nickname for association football, first said by the Brazilian footballer Pelé, although football commentator Stuart Hall is the only individual to have claimed to have coined "The Beautiful Game". In his youth, Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the term "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty's style when playing. Consequently, he used the term "The Beautiful Game" in his commentary career later on in life which popularised the phrase.[1]
==Etymology== please read The exact origins of the term are disputed. The origin has been attributed to Brazilian footballer Waldyr Pereira (Didi),[2] and the presenter Stuart Hall claimed to have originated it in 1958.[2][3] The English author and football fanatic H. E. Bates used the term earlier, including in a 1952 newspaper piece extolling the virtues of the game entitled "Brains in the Feet".[4]
Earlier writers used the term in 1848 to describe the game of baaga'adowe, a forerunner of lacrosse as played by Ojibwe at Vauxhall Gardens in London,[5] and to tennis in 1890.[6]
Usage
In 1977 the Brazilian footballer Pelé named his autobiography My Life and the Beautiful Game. The book's dedication reads "I dedicate this book to all the people who have made this great game the Beautiful Game."[7] The phrase has now entered the language as a colourful description for football and as such was used as part of the title for the 13-part 2002 series charting the history of the game: History of Football: The Beautiful Game.
In January 2014, New Model Army released a song called The Beautiful Game in support of the project "Spirit of Football".[8]
A football podcast was released with the title "The Beautiful Game".[9]
Terms used
Sportswear company Nike uses the Portuguese phrase Joga bonito—meaning "the beautiful game", and not "eat more chicken", which would be Jogo bonito—as one of its slogans for association football products.[10][11]
Nike began using the slogan Joga bonito in a campaign preceding the 2006 FIFA World Cup in an attempt to curb players behaviours on the pitch . In collaboration with, and promoted by, former international footballer Eric Cantona, Nike released a series of adverts to promote a game that is skillful and dignified, not riddled with theatrics and poor sportsmanship.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Harper, Nick (2 May 2003). "Stuart Hall". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
The player I fell in love with and who inspired me to coin the phrase "the beautiful game" was Peter Doherty, an inside forward, my first hero.
- ^ a b Brian Moore (15 July 2010). "South Africa World Cup besmirched 'beautiful' game". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ Hall, S; Mayo, S: The Daily Mayo, 06 May 2009, BBC Radio 5 Live
- ^ Bates, H. E. (November 16, 1952). "The Sunday Times". p. 4.
- ^ Catlin, George (1848). Notes of eight year's travels and residence in Europe... p. 119.
- ^ Heathcote, John Moyer; Edward Oliver Pleydell-Bouverie; Arthur Campbell Ainger (1890). Tennis. p. 10.
- ^ My Life and the Beautiful Game: The Autobiography of Pelé. 2007. p. v. ISBN 9781602391963.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "New Model Army's "Beautiful Game" « The Ball 2014". Theball.tv. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "The Beautiful Game". Soccerthebeautifulgame.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Antony Young (2007). "Profitable Marketing Communications: A Guide to Marketing Return on Investment". p. 138. Kogan Page Publishers,
- ^ Steve Hatch, Jim Taylor (2009). "Rigorous Magic: Communication Ideas and their Application". John Wiley & Sons,
- ^ Kane, Pat (18 July 2006). "Let football eat itself". Retrieved 22 September 2014.