ash on July 1st, 2010

FIFA President Blatter is an arrogant, meglo-maniac. The penny hasn’t dropped that the fans run the game, not him, not FIFA, the football world couldn’t care less about him and his corrupt mates. Who is he to tell us there is nothing wrong with the Jabulani, when the players are clearly saying there is? 

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ash on June 25th, 2010

Got a great text from a mate of mine in England, ” The World Cup has turned out just like World War Two. The French have thrown in the towel, the Americans turned up late, and the English are left to fight the Germans” and not only that but the Italians have picked the wrong [...]

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The so-called World Class stars of England have much to answer for after one of the most inept performances seen at this or any other World Cup.

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ash on June 14th, 2010

I have to say, I’m not getting much out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. I know it’s only been going for three days, but it is just not doing it for me.

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ash on June 13th, 2010

Another victory this morning for the Old Boys keeping them in contention for top spot in the Master’s over 43 division, this time a narrow 1-0 scoreline against Brindabella Blues A at cold & windy Calwell.

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ash on June 11th, 2010

It doesn’t seem like four years since Italy won the most prestigious sporting honour on the planet, but here we go again.
After a huge amount of hype and anticipation the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off tonight, with the opening ceremony from Soccer City, Johannesburg (10pm Eastern Australian Time). This will be immediately followed by [...]

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ash on June 7th, 2010

Having beaten Woden 5-1 earlier this season, the Old Boys might have been expecting an easier work out this morning, but as so often in football, things didn’t quite go that way.

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ash on May 30th, 2010

The wet weather sweeping across Southern NSW, meant that this mornings game against Lanyon, was called off. The ref deemed the waterlogged pitch as unplayable, and had little hesitation in telling us to go back to our lovely warm homes. Surprisingly none of the old boys seemed to mind at all. I sure as hell [...]

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ash on May 23rd, 2010

The last time that happened was when we were called the Young Boys, many years ago. And what a way to do it, a great team performance that emulated the Champions League Final a few hours beforehand, where Inter Milan done Bayern Munich 2-0 in Madrid.

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ash on May 16th, 2010

I missed last weeks match against UC Pumas, but Froudy did a wonderful job describing the action.
As he says :

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