June 2006
Germany whistle through to the semi finals (30 June 2006)
The first quarter-final is over and Germany won a place in the semi-final on Tuesday....
World Cup online games (29 June 2006)
With any major event companies love to launch websites and virals related to it to...
Blatter wants MORE cards in the World Cup! (29 June 2006)
A couple of days ago I wrote a mickey-take about refereeing in this year's tournament,...
The 'Lucky' Country Counts It's Losses (27 June 2006)
As I sagely predicted 4 days ago, the referee from last night's Australia v Italy...
Ref shocker at Swiss-Ukraine game (27 June 2006)
FIFA have today announced that they are to launch an investigation into the refereeing in...
The Calm Before the Storm? (26 June 2006)
It's been quiet here, and I apologise for that... real life (ahem) gets in the...
Newcastle must have their priorities right this summer (25 June 2006)
It is well known that our defence is generally in the spotlight for the wrong...
World Cup 2018 in Australia? (25 June 2006)
The World Cup Down Under; Follow this link...
Latest Transfer News at Liverpool FC: 2 (24 June 2006)
My second update on what’s been going around on the old t’interweb recently. It’s been...
£10million not enough for Baggies Trio (23 June 2006)
News broke today of a triple bid made by ourselves for Baggies trio Zoltan Gera,...
Aussies Get Thier Excuses Ready (23 June 2006)
And so, the dream goes on. For an Australian press so parochial it would make...
Argentina v Holland - the first big clash (22 June 2006)
So last night saw the first clash between two real contenders. Although ITV hyped it...
Lampard and Gerard can’t play together (22 June 2006)
With Owen out for the remainder of the tournament (and much of the Premiership season)...
Argentina – Are they still the favourites ? (21 June 2006)
I guess my expectations were too high for the game against the dutch. When ever...
England top the table – just (21 June 2006)
Well they did it again – the team got the right result but put the...
One moment, please..... (17 June 2006)
If offered qualification for the knock out stages last Saturday who amongst us wouldn't have...
Angola – What a great performance from the “underdogs” (16 June 2006)
Well having just got over the fact that the Ivory Coast are out, it was...
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) – What a shame the’re out (16 June 2006)
Yet another great performance by the Ivorians, they have nothing to be ashamed of. If...
World cup round-up (16 June 2006)
That’s us a few day’s into the World Cup and a few things have become...
Spain - No longer WC under-achievers? (16 June 2006)
As each World Cup comes around I look down the list of competing teams and...
Rooney played but Lennon shone (16 June 2006)
Another game where the England team put the fans through the mill before getting the...
Jol joins as Everton World cup mission starts in earnest (14 June 2006)
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or...
Argentina - the best so far (14 June 2006)
All the teams have now played and we've seen some exceed expectations and others start...
Wigan making Emile out of Transfers (14 June 2006)
There isn't much happening around Wigan Athletic at the moment. Away from the usual transfer...
Brazil - Ronaldo needs to be retired (14 June 2006)
The problem with players of a legendary status is that it takes a brave manager...
Australia - the best 10 minutes of the WC so far (14 June 2006)
For 84 minutes it looked like Australia would be waiting until another day for their...
Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) – A team worth watching (11 June 2006)
If the only game you’ve seen so far was Argentina vs Ivory Coast, then you’ve...
England 1 Paraguay 0 – The score tells the story ! (11 June 2006)
Our first game, which had both highs and lows. We we’re definitely “up for it”...
ABB: Anyone But Brazil (11 June 2006)
I hate everyone’s attitude towards Brazil. I’ve always hated it, the general acceptance that they...
Hargreaves should start (11 June 2006)
Typical first up game from England, always having enough to beat Paraguay but not enough...
Fans missing World Cup in high definition (11 June 2006)
Market research company GfK has revealed that despite the wettest May in 23 years the...
Dull England opener with bizarre substitution (10 June 2006)
To call England's opener pedestrian would be to associate it with a level of dynamism...
Ecuador fire warning shot for England (10 June 2006)
Only 2 games played at this year's World Cup and we've already had our first...
WC06: Germany kick-off in style ( 9 June 2006)
Okay it wasn't the greatest football match ever, but 6 goals in the opening game...
Do you want to stop the World Cup? ( 5 June 2006)
O.k so for a vast number of people, football is not their first love. But...
Kirkland Signals a Step Forward ( 5 June 2006)
Wigan's summer seems to be following the same pattern as the previous. Instead of signings...
Bolton's annual transfer struggle (part 23) ( 5 June 2006)
You don't need me to remind you of the Andy Johnson fiasco again, so I...
Les co crazyness for Everton? ( 5 June 2006)
The scars of others should teach us caution. St Jerome. Hmmm, the Lescott issue is...
Jamaica – Svens last chance ( 2 June 2006)
This is Svens last chance to try out the players, the formation and build the...
van Nistelrooy next for Everton ( 1 June 2006)
I’d say the biggest problem all my life……it’s money. It takes a lot of money...
