Wait until next year

Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today

Goals! Goals! Goals! (World Cup Braindump #2)

Mexican fan in sombrero and lucha libre mask

As I’ve mentioned before, even bad World Cups are good, but already this is shaping up to be a great World Cup. Read the rest of this entry »

Official sprays the pitch before Netherlands versus Switzerland, 1934 World Cup

Man spraying the pitch

Image from Nationaal Archief, via Flickr

REFEREE! (World Cup Braindump #1)

Brazil supporters watching their World Cup match against Croatia

And so the World Cup begins. An interesting start.

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My life in World Cups

The first World Cup I was around for was in 1982, however I was too young at the time to remember it now. However, once I was old enough to get into football I soon picked up the key elements – Harald Schumacher’s horrendous foul on Patrick Battiston, Marco Tardelli’s goal celebration in the final, Algeria being the big surprise of the tournament, West Germany and Austria conspiring to play out a result that benefited both teams, a second group stage… Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday Night Movie: The Haircut

A lovely little film, starring John Cassavetes, Nicholas Colasanto (Coach from Cheers) and a pre-Bangles Susanna Hoffs, among others. I like my regular barbers, but I wish I could go to somewhere like this when I need a trim…

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