Get used to that smile. The incredible ride continues for Ian Holloway’s Blackpool. When they won the promotion playoff last season, they got a lot of sympathy from neutrals. “How nice for them”, many of us thought. Then we started thinking about what would happen when Holloway’s attacking style met the counter-attacking speed of Premier [...]
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The Semi Finals
Uruguay 2 Holland 3
Two goals in three minutes from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben helped to see off Uruguay and put Holland into the World Cup final for the first time since 1978.
For a long time the Dutch looked short of ideas but still had quality when it mattered in front of goal. [...]
Sunday 27th June – Day 17
What a load of….
England 1 Germany 4
I dont know why I’m surprised really, after all, I’ve been watching football for too many years to believe the hype around the England team, but for some reason, this time I really thought we had a chance.
As usual, England proved me wrong with [...]
Saturday 26th June – Day 16
Into the last sixteen…
Uruguay 2 South Korea 1
Luis Suarez scored a spectacular winner that earn Uruguay a place in the quarters-finals at the expense of South Korea. The South Koreans, who reached the semi-finals in 2002, were sparkling in attack but very shakey in defence, and that was exposed in [...]
World Cup 2010 Day Five Results
Tuesday 15th June – Day 5
A good result for minnows New Zealand means they have as much chance (for the moment anyway) as qualifying from the group stages.
In the group of death a cagey game between the Ivory Coast and Portugal ended in a goalless draw which was probably good [...]
