How many times have I sat watching football on the BBC, hoping that an act of God would strike and shut Mark Lawrenson up? ((its a rhetorical question… but must be in triple figures by now)) Well tonight it actually happened. Storms in Vienna disrupted the transmission of pictures of the semi-final. After a while […]
Entries Tagged as 'Football'
Balls of steel?
June 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Balls of steel? · Life
Well I certainly can’t claim to have crystal balls, not after any of my predictions this year. I was sure Croatia would beat Turkey, and sure Holland would beat Russia. I was also quite confident that Labour would win in Broadfield South and Lewis Hamilton would win the Canadian Grand Prix. With such an infallible […]
Tags: Football
Sick as a parrot
June 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Sick as a parrot · Life
With hindsight it was, perhaps, inevitable that the team which spared England the heartbreak of going to the Euro 2008 tournament only to crash out on penalties at the quarter-final should crash out of the quarter final themselves. On penalties. With £25 of work sweepstakes riding on them I was rooting for Croatia, so it […]
Tags: Football
Right tune, wrong words
June 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Right tune, wrong words · Life
After reading this story about Swiss TV making a cock-up with the lyrics to the German national anthem there was something bugging me; something obvious but I just couldn’t work out what it was. Today it suddenly came to me: Swiss TV displays the lyrics to national anthems at football matches as sub-titles! How strange. […]
No contest
June 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life, Politics
Tonight at 7:30 there is the Broadfield neighbourhood forum just up the road (topic: Broadfield parks and green spaces). On the other hand, at 7:45 Portugal and Germany kick-off in the first quarter final. Not a difficult decision to make…
Tags: Broadfield Forum·Doh!·Football
Now that’s dedication. I think.
June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Now that’s dedication. I think. · Life, Politics
How on Earth could I have forgotten about the France/Italy game tonight when I said I was free for a Labour party meeting tonight?   I’m now in a dilemma about whether to record it for when I get home or just watch the highlights later on.  On paper it should be a really good game. […]
Tags: Football
Dank u wel
June 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Dank u wel · Life
Many thanks to the Netherlands for providing some top entertainment today. Not only have their games been tremendously watchable, but they have now made sure that next week’s France/Italy game has the potential to be a real battle. The game was not as one-sided as the 4-1 result might imply: France still looked dangerous, especially […]
Tags: Football·France·Netherlands
Gimme a C!
June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Give me an R, give me an O… and so on. Croatia’s famous victory over Germany puts them at the top of group B and, more importantly, puts me one step closer to winning the office sweepstake. Slaven Bilic’s boys done good!
It just gets better
June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on It just gets better · Life
The Dutch were great yesterday, but Spain were magnificent today when they took Russia apart. I was worried that a lack of home nations in the finals might make it hard to keep an interest in Euro 2008, but now I’m hooked.
Euro 2008 finally kicks off
June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Euro 2008 finally kicks off · Life
OK, so it officially started at the weekend, but it hasn’t been terribly exciting before today. The Croatia result was good for those of us who drew them in the sweepstake ((having the boss get Austria was just the icing on the cake)) but it was hardly a game to remember. Today though: the Holland/Italy […]
Tags: Europe·Football·Netherlands
