Not that he needs any more promotion, he's good at doing that himself. But some kudos to the author of European Football Weekends (EFW) for his Twitter posts - which are plenty - and particularly for a couple that tickled me because of their clever play on words AND song titles. So to expand on his original tweets may I present to you...

Filed Under: Music, Video

Tags: , , ,

0 Comments »

"Hello and welcome back to Miss This World Cup 2010 !" ...After the previous swimsuit round (with a slight embarrassment for Miss England who forgot her costume and subsequently went out wearing nothing but a knotted hankie on her head) - we now come to the talent part of the competition... Thank you Uruguay for entertaining us with their

Filed Under: Music

Tags: , , , , ,

0 Comments »

We know how things are on our side, but how do the German fans and the country as a whole see it ? I decided to ask a friend of F&M - Teena a "German Geordie" who runs Y I, Mum? for her thoughts and posed a couple of questions: What (in your opinion) is the Germany team like at the moment ? What do the German people think of the team and the

Filed Under: Video

Tags: ,

2 Comments »

With thanks to Teena from Y I, Mum? and Sam Beckwith from Stumpy Moose for spotting... There's a song that was on Eurovision this year which has been reused for this World Cup. No not that French one. It was from Lena, who won the competition and some university students have done a "version" of it to support the Deutsche Fußball Na

Filed Under: Music

Tags: , ,

0 Comments »

Yes, yes they've only played the one game and it was widely expected (even by me) that it was going to be a draw... But a supposition here: If England do not top their group and finish runners up - get your wallcharts out and have a look for yourselves - in the next round they might be playing... It's too soon. The tradition is that #ENG g

Filed Under: Music

Tags: , ,

4 Comments »

A postscript to all that Brazil stuff with a look at their 2002 World Cup win from a different angle, featuring a song which was dedicated to the rotund one: Pictured above. Fatty Ron celebrating with Pele (who can't keep his eyes off that used-a-steam-iron-as-a-template bit of hair on his forehead) before being carried around by his team ma

Filed Under: Music

Tags: ,

1 Comment »