Some skate spots are perfectly secluded, leaving you to skate in peace. Some of the more famous ones, like the legendary South Bank in London often attract a crowd of astonished spectators. Tourists and fellow skaters alike gasp is hushed reverence as somebody lands a fliptrick of a bank.

You don’t get this with football. Whether it’s at the highest level, or a game of Sunday league, the pitch is lined with people shouting “man on” “snap him”, and generally questioning the legitimacy of the referee’s parenthood.

It’s a bear-pit of abuse and ridicule that was forged in the nineteenth century and should have stayed there.