Time-lapse Camp Nou- Barça vs Osasuna
“It looks like a 9, but it’s got a line so maybe it’s a 6?”
“No, I put the line on top of the 9.”
“And you didn’t put any line on the 6?”
“No, I put a line at the BOTTOM of the 6.”
A beat, then:
“You do realize why this is problematic, don’t you?”This, for me at least is right up there with imaginary frisbee as a good use of ones time.
And here is the draw
(THIS IS NOT THE DRAW, ACTUAL DRAW AT 1pm(ish) GMT:
Everton V Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool V Spurs
Sunderland or Middlesborough V Leicester City
Bolton Wanderers V Stevenage
Norwich City V Arsenal or Aston Villa
Birmingham City V Chelsea
Crawley Town V Stoke City
Millwall or Southampton V Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday
In the UK, a new 50 pence coin explains the offside rule, kinda.
Great footage of Liverpool FC from BBC’s Panorama in 1964. I stood on the Kop from about 1983-84 until they put in the seats after the 93-94 season. It was an amazing experience to be surrounded by 25,000 odd people singing, swaying and shouting. Not so good when someone peed in your pocket mind.
(Source: youtube.com)
Great images from Tom Jenkins of the Sheffield derby, it ended 2-2.
Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle
1930’s Motorcycle football match: England v Germany
Celebrating my 200th post with a streak.
The Vuvuzela - Will it blend?
Just replied to a bit-of-a-crisis-at-work email:
“Sorry, I was watching a once in a lifetime sporting event that only happens once in a lifetime. Every four years. What’s up?”
I may just get to enjoy this Summer yet.
The French are slow on the uptake but get there in the end. (via newsweek)

