World Cup Tales: The Creation Of A Design Classic, 1970

05-06-2010 02:08 - Source: 200percent.blogspot.com
It is one of the curious anomalies of our game that when we close our eyes and think of a football we tend to think of a specific type of football and, moreover, that the type of football that we are likely ... Continue

Tall tales

04-06-2010 02:55 - Source: blackandwhiteandreadallover.blogspot.com
Hmm, whether to believe today's reports that Birmingham and Stoke are hot on the trail of Bigger Lad, currently in court and pleading not guilty to his assault charge.The story's been carried by the Daily ... Continue

Unlikely to be true....

03-06-2010 19:32 - Source: croydonian.blogspot.com
..but worth repeating because it is highly amusing: Big Bother Polling Station | United Kingdom (A young girl of 18 or 19, clearly a first-time voter, skips the line and rushes up to my table.) Me: ... Continue

Roll back the red carpet: the declining value of hospitality

02-06-2010 13:30 - Source: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth
It seems a once crucial element of the dining experience is now widely ignored. How important is hospitality to you, and is Come Dine With Me helping to sour the milk of human kindness?Last week Jay Rayner ... Continue

World Cup Tales: Reflections Upon England In Italy, 1990

02-06-2010 08:47 - Source: 200percent.blogspot.com
The concept of England having a high level of expectation at the time of a World Cup finals is a comparatively recent one. As recently as 1990, most adults could remember their two successive failures ... Continue

Your blog will succeed after you cross your fingers

01-06-2010 23:17 - Source: www.grahamjones.co.uk
Theo Walcott probably had his fingers crossed this morning hoping that he'd be selected to play for England in the World Cup in South Africa next week. Unfortunately it didn't seem to do him any good; ... Continue

TALES FROM THE CIRCUIT: EGM SPECIAL

01-06-2010 19:48 - Source: snookerscene.blogspot.com
While Barry Hearn and John Davison prepare for snooker’s own version of Celebrity Death Match, I thought we would take a brief walk down the inglorious memory lane of votes past. Ah, there’s nothing ... Continue

World Cup Tales: Boycott! When Africa & Asia Said “Enough”, 1966

31-05-2010 16:52 - Source: 200percent.blogspot.com
In England at least, the 1966 World Cup finals have been mythologised. To an extent, they have started to become the footballing equivalent of Arthurian legend – a set of values of Englishness that ... Continue