Eng 2 v 1 Uru

I got the score wrong but the result was right - just!!

England pulled another one out of the bag last night with a Joe Cole winner in the third minute of extra time. England were down 1-0 for most of the match, but Peter Crouch scored his debut goal (and about time too!) late on.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4754630.stm

Still not a convincing result considering England are being touted as potential winners for the World Cup 2006!!

Also worth noting that they used their new red (circa 1966) kits last night - looking very sharp indeed.


FYI - minutes silence was for late great England Manager, Ron Greenwood
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/1447218.stm

England v Uruguay

England v Urugauy tonight in a friendly, uruguay are a team that were battered by australia in the world cup qualifier. A very professional defensive team but England should win 3-0.

....we will see!

cheeky little monkey

Surely inspired by the superb Sky Sports (UK) show - 'soccer am'

here is the clip with sound as it appeared on the BBC

Whats the story...?

So here is where it starts, there have been a few false dawns with this blogging thing but I'm finally going to make a go of this one. I guess that I now understand a little more about what makes a successful blog and I think the key is passion. You have to have a passion for what you are writing about. I'm hoping that this blog will help me hone my writing skills and also show people what I'm passionate about. You'll find that football (I will never call it soccer) is one of these passions that comes to the front but I reckon I'd like to talk about other stuff too.

Just to give you a little background so you can put things into context. I'm in my late twenties, originally from Sheffield (city in the north of England) and I've been living in Sydney, Australia for the past 2 and a half years and very much enjoying life down under. Before moving to Sydney I lived in London for 4 years after graduating from university in northern England.