“The football that I played is very different from now”

Deviating from Athletic, isn't football much easier than it seems?

The one that I was born, suckled, enjoyed and breathed in was totally different from now. In many ways for the better because it is much more careful and professional, but in others it is inferior to the one I lived with.

At what level?

In feeling, in going hand in hand with the fan, in the personal interpretation of the game … Quite different.