World Cup Thread

[Andy]

Well chaps, its nearly upon us. That 4 yearly occasion where some of us get carried away, some of us are realistic and the rest say ' whats all the fuss about!!'
To our cousins on the other side of the pond, this is the game the rest of the world plays. Soccer i believe you named it.
Any of you going to Germany?
Ive friends who have optimistically shelled out for tickets to a semi final, are they deluded fools?
Being part Scots and with no realistic hope of qualifying, im fully behind England. But i have to say, im not fully convinced this team is playing much better as a unit than that which went to Korea/Japan in 2002. I sincerely hope they sort out the Gerrard/ Lampard situation.
Well, with the recent weather, ill be darting in from out of the garden and BQ and trying to catch as much of it as i can.
Happy viewing .

[ChrisL]

We Australians will be paying a little more attention to it than usual seeing that we have finally fielded a team that has qualified. A friendly game was played here in Melbourne between the Socceroos (the Australian team) and the European champions recently and it drew a crowd of nearly 100,000 spectators. This was quite a phenomenon for a city of 2 million that normally considers soccer a lowly 4th or 5th in crowd attraction. I’m not yet convinced that it’s the most exciting sport in the world, but I will be watching it all anyway.


Incidentally, as I understand it, the term “soccer” was created by the Brits and was a bastardized abbreviation of the term “Football AsSOCiation” (if we are to believe the commentary during the above friendly game).

[Doc Watson]

come on england...........................

I've washed my 1966 replica world cup shirt ready for an outing on saturday... cant say im too optimistic but it would be nice to win a penalty shootout in the world cup..........

Anyone going to own up to putting an england flag on their car? lol

Doc Watson

[John W]

Nope no flags on my car.

a few friends are heading out to watch all the qualifiers. They've gone a bit crazy, brought new st George flag crash helmets (going on bikes) , flags on the panniers, handlebars, basically anywhere where one will stay put !
One is having his hair dies too...

They couldn't get tickets so are going to Munich etc and watching it on big screens outside the stadium, which seems to be far more popular than I'd thought. Apparently the england supporters association are laying on all sorts of things like this in each of the places.

I dunno what all the fuss is about - its only a game
(that should set the cat among the pidgeons )

[Keith Hardy]

"Being part Scots and with no realistic hope of qualifying, im fully behind England."

'Kin 'ell!

That's a first.

Can we have our goalposts back then, pretty please?



reason for edit: pure shock

[Ian Anderson]

Kieth

I thought the weather was going to warm up so why then based on this technically proved system

40 degrees - Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Scotland sunbathe.

35 degrees - Italian cars won't start.
People in Scotland drive with the windows down.

20 degrees - Floridians wear coats, gloves, and wool hats.
People in Scotland throw on shorts and a T-shirt.

15 degrees - Californians begin to evacuate the state.
People in Scotland go swimming in the sea.

0 degrees - New York landlords turn the heat on.
People in Scotland have a last barbi before it gets cold.

-10 degrees - People in Miami are extinct.
People in Scotland lick flagpoles.

-20 degrees - Californians all now live in Mexico.
People in Scotland throw on a light jacket.

-80 degrees - Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic.
Scottish Boy Scouts postpone winter survival exercise until it gets cold enough.

-100 degrees - Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
People in Scotland wear a vest and pull down their ear flaps.

-173 degrees - Ethyl alcohol freezes.
People in Scotland get angry 'cos they can't thaw their whisky.

-297 degrees - Microbial life starts to grind to a halt.
Scottish cows complain of farmers with cold hands.

-460 degrees - ALL atomic motion stops.
People in Scotland start saying " A bit hill billy ... eh? "

-500 degrees - Hell freezes over.
Scottish people support England in the World Cup

[Keith Hardy]

Heh heh heh Ian, How very true....


I wonder if our friends across the sea understand that we (the English) are the infamous

"Auld Enemy"