There is still a week to go before the end, but I am going to assume nothing much will happen in that time – or should that be hope that nothing will happen (bearing in mind the terrorist fears in today’s Observer)? It has been a mixed year really. Music As far as music is […]
Entries Tagged as 'World Cup 2006'
So that was 2006?
December 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Tags: Art·Blogger·Blogging·Crawley Council·Dorset·DVD·Elections·Family·Films·Holidays·TV·West Ham·Wordpress·World Cup 2006
Vive La France
July 10th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
Zidane may not have set much of an example at the end, but the rest of the team really showed the rest of the world how to lose a penalty shoot out with dignity. They did not kick off like spoilt children (Argentina) or cry like babies (England) but just took it on the chin. […]
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World Cup Stars
July 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on World Cup Stars · Life
FIFA have named their ‘squad of the tournament‘ and there is actually an English player in it – John Terry. I think Rio actually did better than him, but never mind. The whole squad is: Buffon (Italy), Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal); Ayala (Argentina), Terry (England), Thuram (France), Lahm (Germany), Cannavaro (Italy), Zambrotta (Italy), Carvalho (Portugal); […]
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Two minutes
July 5th, 2006 · Comments Off on Two minutes · Life
In the France/Portugal match tonight there was a whole 2 minutes between John Motson saying “I don’t think there’s been a card yet in this game” and the ref giving a yellow card, which must be some sort of record. When the commentator makes that sort of remark there is normally a booking within 10 […]
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Ian Wright Wright Wright
July 5th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
I saw something truly amazing on TV tonight. After the highlights of the Germany/Italy semi-final there was a small piece of film of Ian Wright looking round the art exhibits in the building where the BBC have their temporary studio. I have a lot of time for Ian Wright, and did even before he moved […]
Rooney v Ronaldo
July 3rd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
After the game yesterday, Alan Hansen (or maybe it was Alan Shearer) said that after the part Ronaldo played in Rooney’s sending off he would not be surprised if Rooney “stuck on on him” in the changing rooms back at Old Traford. Even more likely if Rooney has seen the Ronaldo wink which the cameras […]
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England: the verdict
July 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I don’t like to mindlessly criticise the England team or manager. I try to be logical and think that the manager must know a lot more than me and have access to all sorts of information I don’t. As for the players, how can I criticise them when I can hardly kick a ball straight […]
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Look on the bright side
July 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Look on the bright side · Life
I tried to cheer myself up by thinking of the positive results of England losing to Portugal, but all I could come up with was: Jayne has now removed all the England crap from the car. Thats a big plus. The flags were naff but harmless but the England sunshields in the rear passenger windows […]
Tags: Driving·Football·World Cup 2006
Manbags and gladrags
July 1st, 2006 · 4 Comments · Life
All that fashion means to me is usually a few pages in the paper (or even a whole section) that I can skip, in the same way that I can safely ignore articles on food, wine, holidays and 'lifestyle' generally. Looking at that list I wonder if I read the wrong paper… on Saturdays I […]
Tags: Newspapers·World Cup 2006
Some of my best friends are chicken-sexers
June 27th, 2006 · Comments Off on Some of my best friends are chicken-sexers · Life
Hats off to Luis Aragonés for a public statement of Cantona-esque weirdness. In a new twist on the old “some of my best friends are gay/black/Jewish” line, he said that he had: black, Gypsy and Japanese friends, including one whose job is to determine the sex of poultry in response to the old charge of […]
Tags: Racism·World Cup 2006·WTF
