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The World Cup final in 3D! Not for some of us at the stadium
“GET OUT GET OUT! Get out of my room! You told me you was a clean prostitute but you’re nothing more than a dirty whore! Get out, you disgust me, get out of the
Read More »Baboon carjackers and thwarted flag thieves
Wondering what to do with your Paraguay flags after L’Albirrojas were knocked out? Simply turn it upside down and hey presto, an instant Netherlands flag!
Read More »I love it when a plan comes together
Planning, it’s the cornerstone of… errm pretty much everything really so it’s a good job it’s not a strong point in these parts or else we might actually get things done or end up
Read More »Left foot, right foot, head #1 – 02.07.10
We’re all football fans here, aren’t we? So you get the left foot, right foot, head thing? It’s your perfect hat-trick, it’s our new feature and just to be completely contrary, it’s got nothing
Read More »End of the Paraguayan affair
For the past 3 weeks I’ve been fending off Paraguay queries daily. From people speaking to me in Spanish assuming I’m Paraguayan to people asking me “Why are you supporting Paraguay”. An answer I’m
Read More »Wigan Athletic Supporters Club: Swaziland branch
We were feeling pretty helpless after Paraguay finished top. The tickets we now had were for Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban. The only accommodation left in these places was likely to be beyond our budget,
Read More »The Beaten Generation
Remember that 9-1 at White Hart Lane? Was it really any worse than this? Could anything be? Of course there was controversy. England don’t ever get knocked out of the World Cup without some
Read More »We come from Wigan and we live in Rondavels
We left Bloemfontein the day after the Paraguay game and with a few days to spare til our next game we decided to head over into neighbouring Lesotho for a couple of nights. After
Read More »A Likely (Lads) Story
“Is it true that England play their next game on Sunday afternoon?” And with that one simple question, my whole afternoon had become wasted. I don’t suppose Mrs Perm knew what she was doing,
Read More »The most famous Paraguayan in South Africa
We picked up our hire car in Cape Town then began the arduous 980km drive north towards Bloemfontein. When I say “we drove” I mean I sat back and relaxed taking in the passing
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