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Rene Gilmartin – Insider Knowledge
So I’ve recorded a chat with Steve Hermon who is the commentator for Walsall football club. Click below is hear the chat, which I hope it gives you some information about our new goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin.
WORLD CUP: Next Goal Wins (NGW)… Round 2 Update
On to the results! And what excitement. Only two of the major footballing nations are left at the Quarter Final stage with Germany beating England (not again!) and Italy scraping through on penalties against Japan. But Argentina & Netherlands are both out, crashing to Mexico & Paraguay respectively. Didier Drogba & Luis Suarez joined Asamoah Gyan at the top of the scoring charts with winners for Ivory Coast against the Swiss; and Uruguay to dispose of Greece. In the other games Chile beat Portugal & the Serbians are the third Euro team to progress after defeating USA.
WORLD CUP: Next Goal Wins… Update
Oh and it looks like North Korean TV are ACTUALLY following the next goal wins method.
The youth of today…
As I write this, myself and the rest of the Nation are counting down to England’s final World Cup game with Slovenia. Whilst the majority of the starting XI is unknown, the goalkeeper is already common knowledge. The man between the sticks for the big game? David James. Now almost 40 years old, James has played for some of the Countries biggest clubs. And Portsmouth.
Clap Your Hands Stamp Your Feet… RETURNS
The Legendary Watford Fanzine “Clap Your Hands Stamp Your Feet” is coming back for a one-off special. It’s been a few years since the last one and we at From The Rookery End are very excited about it’s return. It, and other Watford fanzines, are great inspirations for our podcast. We’re an audio fanzine if you will.
Checking The Score
On BBC Radio 2 this morning, Sports Johnny claimed that Elton John always called the club at 4.45 every Saturday to get the Watford score no matter where he was in the world. Chris Evans didn’t believe he did it every week so they called the club to find out the truth and spoke with receptionist Sasha.
World Cup: Next Goal Wins
In the 1998 World Cup they called it the Golden Goal. In Euro 2004 they called it the Silver Goal. But when we used to play in the school playgrounds and local recs, it was always Next Goal Wins. So we at From The Rookery End want to see how the World Cup pans out using this method.
World Cup: Domestic Equivalent
When I watch international football I always have a look to see what the domestic equivalent is. International teams hardly play each other so it’s something I do to help me compare teams and understand what to expect in a game. Below you can see the top 105 teams in the FIFA World Rankings and their English domestic equivalent (according to their finishing positions of teams in the England football leagues).
WORLD CUP: No such things as an easy game…
We’re always hearing managers and players say that “there are no easy games in football”. It always seems like a cliche, but the first round of games in the World Cup has proved that. So the managers seem to be realistic, but how come there really aren’t any easy games in football anymore?
First Night Nerves
Due to our relatively lowly place in the football pecking order, these mistakes went largely un-noticed. The same cannot be said for Robert Green’s sudden bout of butter fingers last night.
I haven’t seen the papers. I don’t have to. Up and down the Country, the same journalists who have been explaining how England can win the World Cup will now be taking great pleasure in detailing why there is now no way we’ll even get close.