Posted in comment on Jun 28th, 2016 67 Drinks »
A day later and there is no numbing the effects of England’s abject surrender to Iceland at the Euros. At the outset let me add to the congratulations I offered to Iceland on Twitter at the final whistle. The better team on the night did indeed win, and deservedly so. England were gifted an opening […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 26th, 2016 67 Drinks »
Well, that was quite a few days, wasn’t it? I had the good fortune to be on the golf course on Friday and so missed the immediate aftermath of the referendum. Politics and sport have never been the best of bedfellows so I will refrain from further mentioning it here, other than to say that we […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 22nd, 2016 84 Drinks »
Well that was the day the Euros finally took off, wasn’t it? The early matches determined who England would face in Nice next Monday. It went to the wire. Another European question will occupy hearts and minds tomorrow. This is a football blog, no really! And so many readers are not concerned about which way David Beckham, […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 18th, 2016 93 Drinks »
I have square eyes, it is official. Since the events of Thursday have seen five of six Euros contests, a gripping T20 cricket match, and a remarkable series clinching win by England in Australia with the egg-shaped ball. If you are a sports lover this is a wonderful time to be alive. Only the inconvenience of […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 16th, 2016 59 Drinks »
A day many had anticipated eagerly. The half-day holiday required by England versus Wales turned into a strange one. The football blogger should avoid the complexities of political comment. We lose enough readers in the summer as it is. However it is impossible for anyone in this part of the world to restrict their opinions […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 12th, 2016 78 Drinks »
I thought it about time to share some things with you. Yesterday (Saturday) I spent a day at a major sporting event with a full house of mixed origins. We drank all day, the crowd were appreciative of the efforts by those on both teams. There was no abuse of Sri Lanka or their smiling […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 8th, 2016 84 Drinks »
So the Euros are nearly upon us and will hopefully distract us, and more importantly our rivals, from the transfer window. Ahead of Friday’s opener Arsene Wenger has been talking to Arsenal.com about the upcoming tournament. Hosts France kick the whole thing off on Friday evening against Romania, while England start their campaign against Russia […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 5th, 2016 134 Drinks »
I scan Arsenal.com and the BBC. Jamie Vardy is mentioned on one but not the other. Claudio Ranieri says we have triggered the release clause. Olivier Giroud said after grabbing a brace for France against Scotland that ‘Jamie’ is coming to score lots of goals like he did for Leicester. Now we wait to see […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 2nd, 2016 140 Drinks »
The club season over, your average blogger (I’m way ahead of you pal!) is hoping that international football provides a rich seam of material. To be fair the friendlies ahead of a major tournament are exercises in experimentation that sometimes work, and sometimes don’t. Tonight (Thursday) I will mostly be looking back, for obvious reasons. […]
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