You are not disappointing me , its just I don't think you are telling the truth
If you are telling me football was on an equal footing with rugby then I simply don't believe you
Individual players would have broken through for sure but football until recently always took second stage to rugby
I spent two years in a secondary school about 2 miles from your gaffe and it was shocking . The teachers there were tossers . 13 year old kids can't stand up to bullies with a whistle and a rugby ball .