Humble Pi: Portugal v Greece remains my favourite game of Euro2004 so far (that I’ve seen). Partly that’s because it seemed a fine clash between opposing approaches; partly it’s because the underdog won; partly it was the Greeks&#82[…]

Much better news from the Football League. It now means that the proven incompetent and the still criminally challenged won’t be able to take over clubs in the Football League (look mom, no coke!). One might say it’s a good policy to fina[…]

Foolishness Update: This has come true. Even aside from Mr.Boyle’s excellent points, as a marketer I’d like to add one more: if the defining characteristic of your ‘brand’ is that its best assets defect to another ‘brand[…]

parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus
bah this tale is all tease and deferred delivery (note however how mountainspeak has shifted from the lofty excelsior sublime of mallory’s time – where climbers were trying to waft themselves abo[…]

“06/07 Everest 2004: Mallory and Irvine The Final Chapter: Be careful what you ask for… coming on Tuesday“ (ie tomorrow)
this climbing team, posting anonymously and melodramatically from everest over the last month, claimed b4 they[…]

Ways to tell you’re watching the game alone #1
Musing that the words ‘GNEVILLE’ and ‘PNEVILLE’ would both be pronounced ‘Neville’. Then desperately trying to find something interesting about this ‘fact[…]

How to be part of your national squad for euro 2004.
Visit the Panini website.
View their exciting selection of e-cards
Crudely photoshop (or even better, paint) a picture of your head onto a sticker.
Voila! Instant immortality.
“Hold on a seco[…]

the Sporting class war
So I happened to be walking past a sports shop in Leafy Uxbridge and noticed the new England football shirts were 25 quid, then I saw the other nation’s were a steep but usual 40 quid. Then though, I saw the England rugb[…]

A Question of Sport
OK two questions actually abt C4’s Dream Team extravanganza last night (f.my auld professional contrarian pals D.Kelly and S.Cosgrove).
i. What wz the TERRIFIC music being used behind Alan ‘Dirty’ Shearer? andi[…]

Exeter City 0 Brazil 1*
And, of course, it was *almost* just like watching Brazil, possibly like watching Brazil on a widescreen telly when you’ve got the aspect ratio wrong, but REAL ACTUAL WORLD CUP WINNERS nutmegging Steve Flack and arguing […]