Here’s a 5-4-Friday with a bit of a difference this week. As many of you will know, I recently ran a Prediction competition for the World Cup in Brazil. It is starting to become but a distant memory, but we made a great effort in raising almost £150 for Joseph’s Goal....
Three weeks into the World Cup and, despite some entertaining games, it is still events around the edge of the actual football that are grabbing my attention. Also, if you ever have a bright idea about running a Prediction League for the World Cup, try to resist the...
Running a Prediction League competition for the World Cup, in addition to trying to hold down a proper job, has left me with very little time to do actually watch many of the matches. In fact, it has left me with very little time to do anything at all. So, this week’s...
I do try to be topical with my 5-4-Friday subjects and I therefore make no apology that the World Cup in Brazil will feature heavily over the coming weeks. After all, like most people, there really isn’t time for too much else at the moment. Life during this festival...
Last week, I wrote about the stand-out moments from the first five World Cup finals that I remember, namely those from 1974 through to 1990. Despite the latest of those being twenty-four years ago, I can still recall many of the incidents vividly. It is the same with...
