If you’ve ever wondered why we’ve not won the World Cup since 1966, this article on the Times Education website might answer the question for you. Apparently, the local council in the article has a “trophy-free” policy to ensure children express themselves “without the focus on the result”.

I could understand this for activities such as music or dance where you can have fun without any competitive element. With sports like football, though, there’s not much point in doing them unless there is a winner.

I’m glad the parents managed to get the competition reinstated in the end and I hope whichever team loses this year won’t end up too traumatised.

Hopefully with all this drama cleared up, the local council will be able to get schools to focus on areas where it’s really important to remove the competitive element – like Chess Club.

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