Off to Portsmouth
I know the match isn’t until Saturday, but soon, I’m off to London, where I’m spending two nights, before going to the match.
It’s Very Lonely Today
Today would have been our forty-second wedding anniversary. I shall probably see no-one all day except for the postman and the lady who delivers the papers.
I wonder what C would be thinking. She always said that she would hate to be alone and wanted to die first. This was partly because she said she hated her own company, but I suspect she’d be coping with the loneliness better than I am.
Today, there is nothing to do, as it’s not going to be the best weather and I have no driver. And there is no public transport! I simply refuse to take a taxi just to get somewhere, where there are some people!
If I did have some transport, I’d go to Colchester to see England Under-21 play Lithuania. At least there is the football and cricket on the television this evening!
But then, life gets better in the next day or so, as I’m spending a couple of days in London and then it’s off to Portsmouth to see Ipswch play!
Why Not a Wayne Rooney Foundation Scam?
Now that footballers earn a lot of money, I’m surprised some of our friends in the 419 scam business haven’t been creating things like the Wayne Rooney Foundation, which chooses to give people at random large amounts of money. After all, judging by the recent press reports, he might actually be stupid enough to do something like this off his own bat! Some would argue, he should after his abismal performance in South Africa!
Perhaps because something like this hasn’t turned up, it just shows that the scammers are even more stupid, than your average footballer.
Do Blackburn Rovers Want This Man as an Owner?
The BBC has been doing some investigating into the prospective new owner of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
This an except from the report.
Records show Ahsan Ali Syed has failed to pay a county court judgement of £61,500. Other debts include £7,800 in unpaid rent and nearly £1,000 in unpaid council tax.
Mr Ali is also listed as director of two UK companies which were dissolved for non-compliance.
We mustn’t let dodgy characters ruin our national game, by being able to buy clubs. I’m going to Portsmouth next week, where they know all about people who live on a different planet.
Where Was the Live Text?
I like to view the live text as a match is progressing, especially when you have the crap ITV commentary. But it wasn’t there today! Or at least I couldn’t find it!
The ICC Does the Right Thing
The ICC has done the right thing in suspending the three Pakistani cricketers accused of being involved in a betting scandal.
The cricketers may or may not be involved, but you can imagine the atmosphere in say Cardiff, if they had been allowed to play. Sports fans in that city are noted for their humour.
But for the Pakistani High Commisioner to claim that the important video was made later is a disgrace.
I have a feeling that this incident will run and run. Let’s hope that the ICC and England continue to act in the fair-minded way they have up to now.
The FA’s Bad Timing
When England played their qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, I saw two; Belarus away and Kazakhstan at home.
I shall not be going to the Bulgaria match tonight despite tickets still being available and the fact that I would have liked to. The match kicks off at 8:00, which means it will be very difficult for me to get home, unless I left the match early! I would not be able to get to Liverpool Street in time for a train , that would allow me to get a taxi.
Tickets are still available! so I wonder how many others fans are not going, as they will have transport problems after the game, either through distance, health like me, or perhaps bcause they have would like to take their kids.
And then to cap it all, the match is on that awful medium for football; ITV. I might have the pictures on, but I will be listening to the excellent commentary on BBC Radio 5.
This football fan is seriously pissed off!
According to the BBC this morning, the late start is a UEFA idea to appease the big clubs. But then I suspect that the old farts running that so-called organisation, aren’t real fans and don’t have the transport problems or other responsibilities, that many of us have!
Racing at Lingfield
As I said in an earlier post, Free As A Lark ran in the 14:20 at Lingfield today.
I took the train from Whittlesford Parkway, changing at Tottenham Hale and Victoria to get the train to Lingfield.
Lingfield Station
From the station it’s just a five minute walk to the racecourse.The ticket cost just £13.80 return with my Senior Railcard. I suspect that there were others using their Railcards for a day-out at Lingfield.
Free As A Lark ran better than last time, but not as well as I’d hoped.
Free As A Lark
She runs in the 14:20 at Lingfield today. I’m going by train from Victoria.
Here’s hoping her luck has turned.
And perhaps even mine!
Kevin Pietersen’s Forthright Tweets
Kevin Pietersen might be a good cricketer, but he’ll never make it as a diplomat after today.
Let’s face it, he’s not playing well and deserves to be dropped, as batsmen are supposed to score runs. He hasn’t for some time.
The Anonymous Widower 