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August 9th – Turnip And Swede

August 9th - Turnip And Swede (49 days since England’s World Cup exit)   No LIE TO ME on this Saturday morning but I spoke of Tim Roth’s assistant and could not resist showing her photograph, for if I had an assistant (I supose a little like Sven Goran-Eriksson) she would be [...]

By | 2017-05-22T21:31:05+00:00 August 9th, 2014|World Cup 2014|0 Comments

June 24th – Worst Days Of My Life

June 24th - Worst Days Of My Life Is what Roy Hodgson told the Sun’s Steven Howard, only 24 hours bedfore he made nine changes from the disastrous teams of the past few days... why disaster? For starters England’s best goal taker is still Jermain Defoe and had these chances that [...]

By | 2017-05-22T21:31:06+00:00 June 24th, 2014|World Cup 2014|0 Comments

No Heroes Anymore – Papillon

No Heroes Anymore – Papillon By Patrick O’Brian 1970 All of this last year France has been talking about Papillon, about the phenomene Papillon,which is not merely the selling of very large numbers of an unusually long book, but the discovery of a new world and the rediscovery [...]

By | 2017-05-22T21:31:06+00:00 June 11th, 2014|World Cup 2014|0 Comments

The Rocky Road to Rio

After bumping into Roy Hodgson in my very own Kings Road a few weeks ago I thought at last England had chosen a Head Coach with s difference, well they have. Only this time although his international credentials are impressive and on leaving him I thought, ‘At last a man with football intelligence, knowledge, [...]

By | 2017-05-22T21:31:06+00:00 June 2nd, 2014|World Cup 2014|0 Comments