Jul 18, 2018 Chunk of the day, Chunks Chunk of the day: baptism of fire If you’ve been following the series of blog posts I did about the World Cup, you’ll know that I love football. Now that the World Cup has finished, I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms. Like a lot of other fellow sufferers, I’m basically waiting for the second week of August, when the Premier League kicks off again. […]
Jul 15, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: goal fest It’s fair to say that it’d been quite a while since we had a classic World Cup final. In 2006, Italy won a fairly dull match on penalties; in 2010, Spain beat the Dutch one-nil and Germany won by the same margin in 2014, with the winner coming late in extra time. Today, though, all […]
Jul 7, 2018 Chunk of the day, Chunks Chunk of the day: high drama And then there were four!So we’ve now had the quarter-finals of this year’s World Cup, and we know who the semi-finalists are: France, Belgium, England and Croatia.Incredibly, this is now the first World Cup ever in which not one of the big three – Brazil, Argentina or Germany – will feature at this stage of […]
Jul 3, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: déjà vu The second round of the World Cup is often when the tournament really starts coming to life. When you’re in a do-or-die situation, and it’s either you or your opponents who’ll be going home at the end of the game, you’re more likely to give 110% and go that extra mile. It can make for […]
Jun 28, 2018 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: humiliated Last Saturday in my first World Cup-related post, I expressed my fear that given our recent record in international competitions, England could well face humiliation at the hands of Panama, who were enjoying their first-ever World Cup. In the end, England absolutely battered Panama, winning 6-1 in a game that saw both Harry Kane and […]
