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Oh Dear

I am off to Spain for a few days and in a hurry, so theis blog will be brief, but ask yourself this question..............Are England unlucky, mentally weak or just not very good at football?My friend Stewart argues quite forcibly that the England football team is a reflection of society as a whole and that other teams like Germany have the mental strength to ...

We’re Off And Running…………….

After 1021 days, 853 Qualifiers, 2,344 goals, and 75 sacked managers, The World Cup is underway, and as I write this blog The South Africans, or The Bafana Bafana as we are going to get used to calling them, are leading Mexico with a spectacular goal from the brilliantly named Tshabalala, leading to our first and in no way the last commentator cliche with:"If that ...

England Scapegoat Ratings

We are now only four day away from the greatest show on earth, and it is great to see that the company(Match Hospitality Ltd) where Sepp Blatters nephew Phillipe is President and CEO has won an "open" tender to sell corporate packages, so much for money benefiting the host nation. In my opinion Sepp Blatter and FIFA are corruption personified, but before I get sued I ...

Old Boys Cricket

We had a cracking day out in the sunshine yesterday. I arranged a cricket match with my old mates at Hartley Wintney which featured no less than six of the Sporting Baughurst FC starting 11 from 1987.We were a bit of a mixed bunch, but we did really well watched by a sizable gathering of villagers as we battled for a draw. Our fielding in particular featured no few ...

World Cup 23-My Opinion

So the all the auditions are over, and they really were auditions as Theo Walcott has discovered to his cost, and England are down to 23 players to embark on a World Cup journey. Fortunately the elimination of the seven players was not done in an X Factor manner with Simon Cowell having the players lined up before saying "Sorry Theo you're going home" backed by some ...