It’s the time of year for lighthearted relief and I thought I’d share some of the gems that I’ve come across from 2000. Just some of the things people said from Beckham to Barcelona, Brooking to Best, with a twist of me. Like some of the timeless classics from days[…]
Read More »So it’s Champions League time again as we enter the second phase this week. This is when this competition gets interesting with not a lot of space for slip-ups. Basically, it’s time to play or go away and there is no room left for “ordinary” teams. I’ve just witnessed a[…]
Read More »So we know who is the final. It’s Soccereptune versus Socceruto and this time the home utos outnumber the away eptunes by a two to one margin. The media has used up all the clichés they could muster pre game and all that remains is for ninety minutes of action[…]
Read More »Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, an amazing soccer tournament was being held. The planets that qualified for the finals were Socceranus, Socceraturn, Socceruto and Soccereptune. In all of Jean Luc’s travels, the Enterprise had never stumbled across this galaxy and history has not recorded these[…]
Read More »Liverpool got a great signing recently when Paul Gasgoigne penned a two-year deal with Everton. Walter Smith must have lost it completely to think that Gazza can influence a Premier League game more than three years after his last performance of any note. (from a soccer playing point of view,[…]
Read More »So we’re back in Vancouver, the hotbed of the world’s game, to watch the final of Euro 2000 live. This is supposed to be the battle of the French flair going forward against the Italian stonewall defence. Yeah right. So I expect the Italians to attack more first half and[…]
Read More »So I’m sitting at the edge of the pool in the apartment complex. That’s the good news. The problem is I’m in Phoenix, Arizona and the temperature is already 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Talk about the Three degrees being hot! The Jacuzzi is out of the question and I’m not likely[…]
Read More »There’s been a wee gap but like a good midfielder I’ll play a ball right through it and the intended receiver is Sir Stanley Matthews, RIP. But Sir Stanley will no longer control a through ball on earth and the news of his passing onto the Great Soccer Field in[…]
Read More »So I’m at King Kev’s table in Frankfurt and we’re thrashing out the fixtures for the 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign. Unfortunately so are a great many other people and it’s like a paparazzi reunion, such is the interest in the England versus Germany match, slated for October 07 this[…]
Read More »Scotland coach Craig Brown will be looking forward with the rest of the soccer world to the next few days as the Battle for Europe heats up at Hampden Park and Wembley four days later. Soccer immortality awaits the eventual outcome for Craig – of course that may be good[…]
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