The World Cup final.  Perhaps the ultimate sporting event.  It was such a let down though.  Can we have Sunday night back?   7 Reasons That The World Cup Final Was A...

1.  Un-likeability.  Almost every successful World Cup team contains at least one thoroughly un-likeable character: Maradona, Rudi Voller, Gerd Muller and Marco Materazzi are all World Cup winners and in their squad the Netherlands have diving, whinging, sour-faced...

It’s Sunday again and, now that the World Cup has reached the semi-final stage, there’s no football today.  So, what better way to spend our time than thinking about football?  Not making predictions, obviously, our track record there is worse...

Ever wondered what would happen if you started a Mexican wave in your own living room?  I did.  I thought it through during the Brazil vs. Chile match last night.  I won’t be starting one.     1.  I’ll look foolish. My wife won’t join in.  As I...

The World Cup starts today, and so does my 2010 World Cup Panini sticker album, and it’s fair to say that I’m rather excited by both events.  Somehow though, the Panini album isn’t quite as much fun as I remember them being in my...