You could well be correct, probably down to The bully Francis obcession with sport.
I remember once he was trying to heavy handedly co-erce me into 5 a side football, after hours at that, I have never forgotten his response to my assertion that I could not give a damn about football in any way.
His response, "What will you talk about with your friends when you leave school if you don't like football?" has in retrospect summed up his contempt for the less scholarly working class lads he was in charge of.
Lots more to my life after that, motorbikes, girls, books, films how to make a few bob, how to buy a house...girls.
I am pleased to say I have done better in life that he did, or he ever said I would.
I made quite a few bob indeed, and invested it well in land.