Worth Every Penny - Offside Rule Explained On 50p Coin
Trying to explain the offside rule to football beginners can be, at times, as difficult (and frustrating) as attempting to conquer a Rubik’s cube.
Whether it’s to a loved one or to a young child, sometimes it seems to be an impossible job.
But the tedious task is no more thanks to the Royal Mint, who have produced a new 50p coin to commemorate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The design – by production journalist Neil Wolfson – is available as part of the collection of 29 new coins this year which features each sport of the games.
‘Neil Wolfson designed his coin in the hope that it would encapsulate football in a simple image,’ the Royal Mint coinmakers website explains.
‘As the offside rule is a perennial talking point, the image is designed to provoke discussion, which was what he was aiming for.’
Speaking about why he entered the competition to design the coin, Mr Wolfson said: ‘I am a football fan. I’ve followed the Premier League since its inception and if I had 50p for every time someone asked me what the offside rule was then I would be a very rich man.’
He said that designing the coin was an ‘organic process’ in which the most difficult part was getting the proportions right. DAILY MAIL
