The Foot, The Ball, The Variations

The new football season means different things to different people.

It means kicking a ball and not using one's hands to some; unfortunately a group includes a Bournemouth father-of-four named Meadows who was so upset at a referee's decision at his son's school game that he felt compelled to kick the soccer/football out of an opposing team father.

It means the release of themed books, including the kids' book, Family Huddle, constructed around the Mannings, legend Archie and Super Bowl sons Peyton and Eli (and the near-forgotten non-QB Cooper).

And for a very unfortunate few, football is the memory of a sit com's meddlesome father: