Tag Archives: World Cup
How did you enjoy the game?
The joys and trauma of being on the losing side in a world cup final are not known to those who support home country sides (unless you are a pensioner with a long memory). Jo Cumbo took off to Paris … Continue reading
Why losing to France did not seem quite so bad.
Queen Mary claimed that Calais would be found engraved upon her heart and for most England football fans, excerpts from the 57 years of hurt since 1966, are engraved upon our psyche. Losing in the world cup is as much … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, England, France, Harry Kane, World Cup
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Football should lose the “fear of losing”
Watching Belgium lose yesterday to Morocco was a depressing experience. The world’s #2 ranked team played as if the worries of the world were being carried on their backs and they lost, as the headline says “without passion” When asked … Continue reading
What do England rugby fans do now?
Simple answer – switch to supporting our national game! If Wayne Rooney had been born in Eire he’d have been the Irish #10 , competing with Dave Sexton, because that’s what the finest sportsmen in Ireland and NewZealand and … Continue reading
“If you can’t beat em – eat em” (pt 3)
If you haven’t read previous posts – please click here And if you want to read the Guardian’s attack on British journalism’s blatant xenaphobia click here Of course we will want to demonise Mr Suarez And for most of us … Continue reading
Where it’s all going wrong for English rugby
If you want fun, stick with your local club, enjoy mini and youth rugby and stay away from the RFU – it is toxic. Continue reading
Scotland has hexed our cricket team.
Let’s make this clear- we do not want your support- your support is toxic. Now you have hexed our cricket team. Continue reading
Posted in cricket, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup
Tagged Aviemore, Caribbean, cricket, cycling, England, lords, Mark Cavendish, monkey league, Oval, Pension new, Politics, Scotland, Scottish people, Society, Sport in Scotland, The Ashes, Twickenham, World Cup, yeovil town fc
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Governance = Boring?
You see a lot of this, whatever the sport – (and in business for that matter), the expression of individual talent is suppressed for what is considered the wider good of the team.
Gangsters appoint gangsters shock.
What profiteth it a man if he gains the whole wide world and loses his soul?
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Tagged FIFA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Times, Plymouth, Sepp Blatter, Warner Bros., World Cup, Zombieland
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Predicting winners
I have given up getting angry at occasional racegoers who pick a string of winners based on the colour of jockey’s silks, name of horse etc… Continue reading
Tagged alpha, Argentina, Brazil, fund management, Paraguay, stochastic, Uraguay, World Cup, World Cup 2010
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