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Let’s get behind England…..
….No, not those good-for-nothing footballing scoundrels who broke our hearts this summer. The England I am referring to are the England Women’s rugby team who, as we speculated last week, have made it to the final of the World Cup. A very physical and somewhat scrappy encounter ended in a 15-0 win over Australia in [...]
Mistakes are human nature, sporting genius isn’t
People cheat. In work, in relationships, in exams and in sport, we mere humans cheat. I don’t need to be a great philosopher to know that as people it is part of our programming that we are going to make mistakes, errors of judgements, and sometimes cheat. If the accused Pakistan players chose to take [...]
We’re going to win the World Cup…who wants in?
Did you know the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010 is being held here in England? Probably not. Did you know that England are one of the favourites to win the competition? Didn’t think so. And did you know that they have already claimed two impressive wins in the group stage without conceding a single point? Of course you didn’t. Welcome [...]
They have to win. It has to be worth it…right?
I have never liked Harry Redknapp and I mean really, really don’t like the man. Therefore since he was appointed as Tottenham manager I haven’t liked Tottenham. But I desperately want them to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League. It will sting a little if they manage to pull it off, but [...]
Enough talk, time for action
Anyone who has read this blog in the past (I seem to be harking back in time a lot, I do aplogise, must be the age) will know I don’t like Alistair Cook. Well, I do like him, I think he is a wonderful player but my God is he annoyingly inconsistent and I have been [...]
Clash of two titans with other priorities
As avid readers of this splendid little blog will know I am a Lincoln City fan and if you follow us on Twitter you will know that Pope is a Leeds United fan (You may actually think we were both Leeds fans the way he tweets on about it). Tonight we will no longer be [...]
Premier League is Europe’s training ground
Come on Arsene it’s time to face up to reality. Cesc is off to Barcelona whether you like it or not. You can either bite the bullet and flog him now while you might be able to get £35m for him or you can play him, in a sulk, for another year and then get [...]
What? The football’s on already?
Weirdly depressing isn’t it? No? Just me then. Yes, I know it’s as strange for me to say as it is for you to read but I am just not enthused about the upcoming football season and ironically I blame the World Cup. Being in South Africa (we went, in case you hadn’t heard….) meant [...]
Is sport more about the tale than the truth?
Sport often provides us with the kind of battles, struggles and confrontations which make for the basis of a great story and therein lies one of the main attractions of being a sports hack. You get a front seat to some of the greatest shows of triumph and despair and then you get paid to [...]
Stop the whining and start winning
Standing in the Nelson Mandela stadium in Port Elizabeth yesterday amongst a crowd of England supporters dripping in sweaty anxiety and relief I was surprised at how I lacked these particular feelings. Instead I was remarkably unsurprised at England’s progression. I can honestly say, with hand on heart, that I believed through the whole 90 [...]