England Are An Embarrassment

So why is it that I managed to miss most of the World Cup final? Because one part of my destiny was being fulfilled the night before. My wife went into labour on the morning of June 8th, and after 24 hours of wailing and pretty horrendous goings on, my son was born at 8.30 […]

So, Italy win the World Cup final but more news time is spent on the rather bizarre departure of Zinadine Zidane with only ten minutes of not only the game but his fantastic career remaining. I must confess to falling asleep for most of the game, not because it was like watching England but because […]

Good luck to both teams in the World Cup final tonight. I’ll probably be rooting for France although I think Italy have the better chance, and whoever wins I just I hope it proves to be as entertaining as it should be.

…and France have made it to their second World Cup final in eight years. Not bad. Not bad at all in fact seeing as ENGLAND HAVE ONLY MANAGED IT ONCE IN OVER 50.

Congratulations to Italy on reaching the World Cup final for the seventh time. WHAT!!! Seven times??? That’s precisely seven times more than England, from a country that has a slightly smaller population and a much smaller professional football league. Now that has really got me thinking.
What could the difference be between Italy and England that […]