Posts Tagged ‘Wembley’

I went to England’s last warm up game at Wembley on Monday, a strange day for an England game. Still it sold out. With both the Mexican and English fans in a party mood the atmosphere was great.

England won 3-1. A good result, but they missed the Chelsea players who were being rested. This made it difficult to see how the team is progressing. The World cup is only two weeks away now.

During the match, I took part in a record making event. With the exception of the Mexican part of the stadium, every seat in Wembley had a free t-shirt draped on it before the game. These were either red or white.

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Last night to Wembley with Garry for the England game.

I am a big England fan. So far, I have seen all England’s matches at the New Wembley.

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This was England’s last qualifying game for next year’s World Cup in South Africa. England had already qualified and Belarus could not qualify so the atmosphere was a little flat.

But with England winning 3-0, there are no complaints here.

England kept a clean sheet which I was pleased about. They have one of the worse defensive records of the teams that have qualified. Keeping a clean sheet was an important thing.

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Meanwhile on a planet far away…

New Labour still think they can win the next election. It was their conference this week. I can barely watch them any more, my blood boils within a minute. I have to turn the TV off.

Watching the usual suspects trying to spin their way out of the latest screw-up brought this song to mind.

It’s by Tracy Chapman and from one of my all time favourite albums. My best memory of TC was her playing the Nelson Mandela gig at the old Wembley in the late 80′s. She stole the show with a brilliant set.

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