Football fanatic – not?

July 1, 2010

As much as I would have preferred it if the English football team had performed better in the World Cup – unlike the rest of the nation it seems – I don’t feel their deserved quick exit from the championship is the end of the world.

Yes, it’s disappointing and the reasons for their abysmal performance should be investigated, but life goes on and soon, even mainstream TV will return to normal, with football relegated to just two or three nights a week at the height of the season!

What’s more disappointing about the World Cup Tournament is that none of the coverage has given us a better insight into this fascinating country; we haven’t seen stadiums filled with local people enjoying the spectacle and brand new facilities; we haven’t seen the South African people benefitting from improved housing, schools or life opportunities. What we get is plenty of coverage on the in’s and out’s of each of the players private lives and why, mysteriously that hampered their performance on the pitch – silly me – I thought they were professionals!

Football mania has also obscured some of the other British sporting triumphs that have been achieved in fields where ridiculous wages and hero worship are a pipedream: The English Cricket team 3 to 1up in the one day series against Australia; Andy Murray through to the semi-finals at Wimbledon; the other Rooney – Martyn Rooney who stormed to victory in the 400m final at the European Trials and UK Championships in Birmingham or Guy Williams on Softrack Skip Two Ramiro who won the 2010 Hickstead Show Jumping Derby this year and a jackpot of £40,000.

I say roll-on the 12th July – when football world cup madness will be over and we will have a 4 week respite before the 2010/2011 season starts again!

Tracey Daley
1st July 2010

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