There is something inherently masochistic about being English.
A positive sporting experience today…
A nice change of pace this evening after one of the worst England performances I can remember, the game I shall mention no more… OK, no more than once more any way. Tonight was my first Mariners game of the year. Inter-league play with the Cincinnati Reds in town for a weekend series. I got invited and had no idea who was pitching and glanced…
Last Weekend…
Last Saturday lunchtime Englishmen all over North America pulled on the three lions, went to the bar, sang Go Save the Queen and expected England to do the business over the hosts. The Three Lions pub in Redmond was full to brimming, there were hundreds at the George and Dragon in Fremont and the story was repeated all over Seattle and North America. Here is…
Why ‘keepers are a little differant
I’ve played football in the past, it was organized and just for fun. I was a goalkeeper and I was not very good. But I knew how to have fun and slowly got better. Even at my best I was never what you’d call competent, but had a lot of fun playing in a recreational League on a Monday evening. Compared to the other 20…
What do I know…
Taking a quick poll of the ex-pats at work and friends at home I have concluded that Englishmen world wide have gone slightly (and hopefully temporarily) insane. The speed at which the press went from “World champions in waiting” to “Book the flight home…”, while predicable, was none the less impressive. It seems the country has jumped too. An international team takes on something of…
Five days in and…
We are five days into the World Cup, I’ve watched about half the game fully and highlights or radio commentary of most of the rest. The football has been largely Ok ,but no better. Teams seem more worried about loosing their first game and have played very safe, negative style. Not loosing the first game being more important than winning. Of the big teams Italy,…
Glass half full… Glass half full…
Time for my glass half full moment. Yesterdays game has certainly been on my mind and the result was disappointing for England, but no more than that. The peerless British sports pages (and I mean that as a complement, mostly) have a couple of takes on this. First, it’s an error, an important game costing error, but just an error none the less and everything…
Dear mum,
Dear mum, it’s been a while and I miss you. The world has changed very much with out you in it, but I guess that goes without saying. Not just bad changes, some are good as the dark clouds part. I’d trade them all to spend another afternoon with you. I know you’d be so proud of dad and the way he’s handled the transition….
Englands World Cup finally opens
South Africa opened the World Cup with a great goal; England opened theirs with an utterly unbelievable goalkeeping blunder. It was a widely held belief among England fans that the keeper was not one of the team’s strengths, and so it’s proven. Green gave the US their goal with an unforced error, and England were never able to get back into the game. It was…
BP loosing touch with reality?
“BP notes the fall in its share price in US trading last night. The company is not aware of any reason which justifies this share price movement.” No seriously, that’s what BP had to say today. The press release is here and quite frankly, what are these guys on?