Football: A lover of The Beautiful Game grudgingly pays to watch it

Today, the broadcast of live professional sport has remained a cash cow for cable TV players. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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Matthaus, Schillaci, Gascoigne.

I fell in love with football during Italia 1990 when I started joining my dad to watch matches shown on free-to-air TV.

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