“The revolution will inevitably awaken in the British working class the deepest passions which have been diverted along artificial channels with the aid of football.”

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Philosophy Football have come up with the must have Christmas gift for the leftist in your life.

Every team needs a fourth international, though expect plenty of red cards for dissent. The quote is genuine, taken from Trotsky’s 1925 Where is Britain Going? Though his prediction of an impending British revolution hasn’t proved quite as prescient as his analysis of the drain on class consciousness the obsession with football can provide.

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11 responses to “All I want for Christmas is a Trotsky number four shirt”

  1. It’s magnificient xmas present to myself.

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  2. Didn’t Trotsky once play on the left wing!

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  3. Dirty Red Bandana Avatar
    Dirty Red Bandana

    Its the wrong shade of red…..

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  4. Awesome. Totally getting “Trotsky 4” printed on my next Tottenham shirt.

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  5. I’m fed up with your obsession about anything to do with football.

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  6. and for WP/L5I members: the Trotsky number five shirt?

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  7. Dave Semple – Spurs seem to be taking “An injury to one is an injury to all” quite literally at the moment. Down With The Whites!

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    1. That’s enough of that football stuff!!

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  8. Wrong Sport Leon –

    http://betfred.chromaagency.com/horse/42375-trotsky

    This horse will run and run

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  9. I can think of people I’d rather give money to for Trotsky kitsch.

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  10. Can we have a faction fight with Trotsky over the football question?

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