Finally tracked down the source of this. It’s from a 1968 issue of Look and Learn, a weekly children’s magazine. The full caption read “So That’s Why… Football is Soccer. Queen Elizabeth I was horrified by the brutish sport and promptly banned the game.”
I feel the same away about MLS, well, atleast the Kansas City Wizards
Communist kickball. What does she know about it?
Queen Elizabeth: not a fan of the boys getting stuck in.
Hey-o!
obviously she’s distraught by the officiating. more high boots than a Rockettes show.
Finally tracked down the source of this. It’s from a 1968 issue of Look and Learn, a weekly children’s magazine. The full caption read “So That’s Why… Football is Soccer. Queen Elizabeth I was horrified by the brutish sport and promptly banned the game.”
I knew I recognised that style; I used to work for an image library which sub-licensed the Look and Learn collection.
They also had a great selection of creepy-ass bears:
http://www.lookandlearn.com/if?action=view&link=&image=A008034.jpg
Oh, wow. The caption only makes it more upsetting.