We all have that player who you unconditionally love, the player who inspires you to pick up a ball and play. The players that simply belong in football heaven. But did you know football had a Patron Saint… Back in the 1800s, long before football became the world’s most popular sport, Luigi Scrosoppi, an Italian priest, urged young people to play the game, with many paintings showing Luigi carrying a football under his arm. He believed football had the power to teach people life lessons but most of all, provide pure joy, time and time again. His legacy was recognised in 2010, as he was named the patron saint of football. Who better to play the role of Saint Luigi than King Eric, reminding you that Football is #NeverJustAGame