I used the title to give myself a (very poor) excuse to post a demo of The Skids – Circus Games:
(which you can find more demos and live here, plus some Peel Sessions here)
Plus it is (again, a very very poor) pun which enables me to mention the current and upcoming summer footie tournaments which, if you were like me last week when I looked at the upcoming fixtures and saw that there wasn’t one match kicking off on Saturday… *takes breath*… and after a howl of despair at this realisation. Then a day of pottering about not knowing what to do, you gathered yourself together and searched for anything that involved the beautiful game. Before finally breathing a huge sigh of relief on discovering the following three events:
Confederations Cup:
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What is it ? It’s a dress rehearsal for next year. Where and when is it ? Who’s taking part ? It’s a bit of an unbalanced competition really, the three of the top 5 FIFA ranked teams are up against (and knocking quite a few goals past) some teams including a couple of former Colonies (USA & New Zealand). But it’s worth a look for the later rounds because of a potential mouthwatering match up between Spain and Italy, then further on – Brazil versus one of those two. |
European Under-21 Football Championship:
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What is it ? Does as it says on the title. Where and when is it ? Who’s taking part ? England, despite themselves (Mancienne was sent off) scraped a win in the first game against Finland and are playing Spain (who drew nil-nil with Germany) as I write this. Worth keeping an eye on because of England obviously, but because nearly all the Premier League scouts will also be watching with their eyes on snapping up some future stars. |
EXTRA INFO:
There’s an official song for the tournament, but it’s a bit like the Enrique Iglesias effort for Euro 2008 in the fact that the song, like his, has bugger all to do with footie and doesn’t even try to tie itself in. UEFA themselves don’t give it much of a fanfare:
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» Keren DeBerg – Get Up And Go |
CONCACAF Gold Cup:
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What is it ? It is a Central/North American cup competition. Where and when is it ? Who’s taking part ? After |
I’m looking forward to the summer sequel:
Audi Cup, Emirates Cup (with extensive explanations on that Quadrangular Day thingie), Wembley Cup, Peace Cup.. and most of all, a nice cup o’ coffee..