Last night I watched a programme about Mexico 86, with some of the England players of that time, recounting the tournament. It was a fascinating programme and chartered the whole series of events that led to the infamous 'hand of God' that saw England knocked out. I was four, so I remember my Granddad telling [...]
The fallout from the Euro's is still continuing in Blighty and the papers are dominated with post-mortems on the future of the English national team and a new manager. In a way, as Elliott the Yankee Gunner intimated on his timeline, it's nice that there's a bit of a meltdown going on that doesn't involve Arsenal [...]
Despite my outward protestations of the Ing-ger-land team and how I really can't stand international football, this tournament side of it I have found rather useful, so naturally I've tried my hardest to properly get into the swing of it when England have been playing. I am three quarters English after all. But as I [...]
I've been up in the North East of the country at the weekend, which has meant travelling down south yesterday by far and only being able to catch the games on the radio, which inevitably meant that there were more goals and excitement in every half yesterday compared to the shower of the proverbial that [...]
Shaquiri wonder goal aside, didn't yesterday feel like the worst day so far of the Euro's? For me it certainly did. Not only did I have to sit through some of the most mind-numbingly dull football one could ever imagine, but the team's that'd I'd decided to temporarily shift my allegiance to all failed in [...]
I could really do without more stories about Jamie Vardy and Arsenal now, y'know? The latest one we have to endure is that he wasn't convinced That Arsenal's possession-based football would suit him. I kinda get that, to be honest, but I am surprised that he doesn't feel confident enough in his own ability to [...]
So, big news, eh? Yep, Jamie Vardy's snubbed Arsenal and agreed a new deal to stay at Leicester, upping his wages to around £100k per week. Fair play to the guy, I say, because he's managed to enhance his reputation, increase his take home pay, plus he doesn't need to worry about relocation for his [...]
So after last night's dramatic climax, we now know who will play who in the next round of the Euro's, with all the home nations getting to the last 16 and Wales up against Northern Ireland. I hope the Irish give that monkey-looking fecker Bale something to cry about, but I suspect they might have [...]
I'd like to say that youd have to give an almighty Nelson Muntz'esque 'ha-ha!' to Spain, after their defeat to Croatia yesterday, but after watching pockets of the game in between making a late dinner and eating said dinner, I've come to a different conclusion. Croatia are actually quite good. They did England/Sp*rs up their [...]
An uninspiring 0-0 draw against Slovakia finally got us to see Jack for an extended period of time yesterday, but sadly, I don't think we'll get to see the real Jack Wilshere throughout this tournament. He looked a little off the pace to me. Dwelling on the ball a little too much, misplacing passes and [...]