The dashing writer P.G. Wodehouse wrote a short story about football. It’s the 11 v 11 game but it’s toffs, and one particular chap called Bob who gets to play in the big Varsity match - that’s Oxford v. Cambridge in big shorts.

It’s a jolly zippy read, and quite amusing. The big match is described through the eyes of a young lady who doesn’t usually attend matches. The two people in front of her are dismissed as wearing a poor taste in suits. It appeared in print in The Strand magazine in 1906. Thanks to digital age wizzardry I’ve just read it on my Kindle e-reader. Oh the electronic marvels, am now reading stories that would otherwise be very difficult to track down.

If you are interested it’s The Petticoat Influence (A Football Story). It’s short, it’s free and available it lots of simply spiffing formats at
http://www.munseys.com/book/6656/PETTICOAT_INFLUENCE:_%28A_FOOTBALL_STORY%29