Posted in comment on Jun 30th, 2010 48 Drinks »
Both ‘holic pounds survive. I have a two in eight chance of earning a few quid out of this World Cup after Brazil and Spain advanced to the quarter-finals in quite different styles.
I have to say though that with Cesc almost permanently planted on the Spanish bench I am taking no pleasure from their lacklustre [...]
Posted in comment on Jun 27th, 2010 83 Drinks »
I’ve not made much of a secret of the fact that these days I would not cross the road to follow England. The days when I was one of a few giving them vocal backing in a stadium full of Scots are long gone. A decade of watching some of the finest players ever to [...]
Posted in comment on Jun 26th, 2010 35 Drinks »
Hello ‘holics,
Those of you who are in the UK know I picked a really good day to play some golf yesterday. Those who know what shape I was in when I got home will know I did not see Spain or Brazil march on with the weight of several ‘holic pounds on their shoulders.
Whilst I [...]
Posted in comment on Jun 23rd, 2010 73 Drinks »
I feel like a fraud. What sort of a football supporter sits through nearly four hours of a tennis match between two nobodies, and misses the two final matches in the World Cup group D? I have a feeling I am not alone, however, and will be keeping an eye on the third day of [...]
Posted in comment on Jun 21st, 2010 74 Drinks »
I don’t mind admitting that some of the events of the last couple of days have threatened to turn me further away from international football than ever. The antics of some of the best rewarded sportsmen on the planet have put an ominous cloud over what should have been a celebration of the world game [...]
