I learn a bit of football history

kw: corrections, sports

In my prior post I complained (mildly) about the depiction of the football on the book's cover. In a friendly comment a correspondent pointed out that he played football (AKA soccer to us colonials) using just such a ball in the 1950s, and that Terry Pratchett would have used or encountered the same, as he was in school during that same era. I stand corrected. Apparently the hexagon-pentagon pattern ball is a much later innovation. Thank you, sir.