Ten years ago England were dumped out of Euro 2016 by Iceland in the round of 16, having finished 2nd in the Group behind, of all teams, Wales… the only team we beat all tournament This was off the back of finishing bottom of our group at the 2014 World Cup without winning a game,Continue reading “The Progress We’ve Made”
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Das Deutsche Desaster 🥳
It’s not often something really grabs my attention by filling me with unquenchable schadenfreude, but last night the miracle happened. Germany, long seen as one of the most dependable teams in tournament football having won the World Cup 4 times and humiliating Brazil 7-1 in Belo Horizonte just 3 world cups ago, were dumped outContinue reading “Das Deutsche Desaster 🥳”
The Best Team Possible
There are many considerations that go into selecting a World Cup squad and for any manager looking to take a serious shot at winning it the bottom of that list, buried deep in the centre of the earth, should be the name recognition of the players with the general public, closely followed by the pressContinue reading “The Best Team Possible”
Emery’s The Unai One
Villa fans are on cloud nine as I write this having strolled to the Europa League title with a routine 3-0 humbling of Freiburg, not that the result was ever in doubt when you look at the record of the man sitting in their dugout. Unai Eery is the mastermind of the Europa League andContinue reading “Emery’s The Unai One”
It’s Them Again!
I promise that I am getting on with writing about God’s Toilet, seriously I am!, but just as I was making progress with that blog and sorting out the technical difficulties I’ve been having with it well…. It’s them again… Unless you have been living under a rock in 2026 you know exactly who theyContinue reading “It’s Them Again!”
It’s The Hope That Kills You
So I did go to Brentford’s match on Saturday evening and I will get to writing about the game in God’s toilet, which is how a fellow Yorkshire Man described Leeds to me on Saturday afternoon but first, I said that I would be back to bask in some more Spurs schadenfreude once they lostContinue reading “It’s The Hope That Kills You”
Home Nightmares
With life beating me down recently, and taking on most of my friends too, and with time on my hands today whilst I wait in for workmen to come and sort out a few things at my flat (not to mention the urgent need to have a distraction from the doom of job-searching) I’ve decidedContinue reading “Home Nightmares”
The Poisoned Chalice
I would like to formally apologise to Thomas Frank for putting the commentators curse on him. In my last blog I said that my next blog would be a commentary on how his time at spurs was going… That blog was published on February 10th 2026 and it seems to have scared the big-wigs atContinue reading “The Poisoned Chalice”
Wear Side Of Tears
Long journeys to away games are par for the course for all football fans, especially Truro fans who got free food and a free programme for travelling to Carlisle this weekend. I’m no stranger to such long hauls with 6 and 7 hour round trips a staple of my game days for this blog butContinue reading “Wear Side Of Tears”
Keith’s Start Seemed Solid
Any new start is going to come with challenges, but when it’s your first time that’s an Everest to climb. I’ve been finding that myself this month as I start a new job and am taking my first go at being the top Manager, where the buck stops. It’s been an all consuming challenge forContinue reading “Keith’s Start Seemed Solid”
The Football tourist 