Category Archives: Football
England – calm down!
It’s been interesting to read/hear the media response to last night’s England-France friendly. On the surface, I think we’re all broadly in agreement… England were lacklustre, France were worthy winners, England still lack technical precision, France have returned from their … Continue reading
He’s not God, he’s just a naughty boy
Despite the potentially damaging nature of the bad refereeing decisions (suffered by England and Mexico) in the second round, the controversy was fairly short-lived. There’s always another controversy round the corner, and the hot issue is now Luis Suarez’s deliberate … Continue reading
Expert analysis?
I know I said that the football world is getting smaller and less mysterious, but if you gain all your knowledge from TV pundits, you’d probably disagree. Judging by the pre- and post-match studio discussions, you’d think we were still … Continue reading
World Cup 2010 gets even weirder
Yes, it’s official. This is the weirdest World Cup ever. It was always going to be a little different… first one hosted in Africa, the massed Vuvuzela orchestra, the return of Maradona as cheerfully optimistic misfit manager with some odd … Continue reading
World Cup 2010
Anyone in close proximity to me (in either a physical or online sense) will probably have been flattened in a tidal wave of schoolboy excitement by now. Yes, the World Cup is underway, and I’m finding it hard not to … Continue reading
No, THIS is England!
If you’re on Facebook, you can’t have failed to notice the groups with names like “ENGLAND SHIRTS BANNED IN ENGLISH PUBS!”, “ENGLAND FLAGS BANNED BECAUSE THEY OFFEND ISLAMS”, “LICKLE KIDDIES CALLED RACISTS FOR SUPPORTING ENGLAND”, and so on, ad nauseam. … Continue reading
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Michael Foot 1913-2010, Keith Alexander 1956-2010
Sorry to break the recent blog silence on a sad note, but two people I admire died yesterday, postponing my inevitable BBC-related burble. Now, Michael Foot is obviously the more well-known of the two, so there’s not much I can … Continue reading
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lolronaldo
Poor little Cinderonnie. Wicked Uncle Alex is stopping him from going to the ball Real Madrid. Still, all is not lost… it turns out that his fairy godfather has arrived in the shape of… Sepp Blatter! Yes! FIFA’s own surreal … Continue reading
Euro 2008: Final
Germany 0-1 Spain Iberian skies clear for first time in 44 years And that was that. Spain reined in some of their semi-final brilliance, concentrating on effective organisation, while chaotic defending proved to be Germany’s downfall. Even if a fitter … Continue reading
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Euro 2008: Days 17 & 18
SEMI-FINALS… Germany 3-2 Turkey Storms, real and metaphorical A seriously short-staffed Turkey played out of their skins, but the fairytale had to end. Typical German ability to win ugly when they really didn’t deserve it; to be fair, though, they … Continue reading
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