Posts from July, 2006

As busy as paisley wallpaper

What with house moves, wedding plans, and numerous tasks both onerous and pleasant, I have had no time whatsoever to devote to blogging....

The Final Day: So long, farewell…

And so it is over…finishing on a low, high, or sour note depending on your point of view. Having watched the last final in a B &...

Day 28: Where do we go from here?

Sixty-Two matches down, then, and a mere two remaining. It’s at about this stage of every World Cup that one begins to feel a mix...

Day 26: Paying the Penalty

Ahead of another semi-final that could well end up being decided on penalties, I thought I might have a quick root around in the archives...

Day 24 & 25: Perfidy thy name is…Ronaldo?

If the fall-out from "Bollockgate" /"Stampgate"/ "Carvalho’s-testicles-gate" (or whatever you want to call it) is proving one thing,...

Day 23: Hail to the King

I suggested, a few days ago, that I couldn’t wait to see the outcome of Zidane vs. Brazil, Round 2 (8 years after Zizou headed France...

Day 22: Down With This Sort of Thing

If there's one thing about the World Cup that really irritates me it's the nauseating sanctimony one has to endure from FIFA (and other...

Day 22: Status Quo

It struck me yesterday evening, as I watched the end of an absorbing and mega-tense Germany/Argentina match, that the only team who...