
Ecuador (I): I Wanna Be Ecuadored
By Neil Scott AH YES. ECUADOR. Jewel of the Andes. Home of the banana. A land steeped in history and natural splendour. With its mountains and its music and its extensive collection of luxury tortoises. And its bananas. Did I already mention its bananas? Push on, I...



PREMIER LEAGUE MUST WAKE UP TO THE GRASS ROOTS CRISIS
FORMBY, an affluent suburb on the outskirts of Merseyside, has been home to enough Premier League footballers to put together a star-studded mixed age representative team. Steven Gerrard, Leighton Baines, Jordan Henderson, Alan Shearer, Neil Ruddock, Glen Johnson,...



Belgium (I): Low Country Feedback
By Daniel Fitzsimmons BLOODY Brussels, eh. I’ve got nothing against Belgium. Some of my best friends are Belgian. I’d happily let a group of Belgian men move in next door. I was used to having Belgians as neighbours for a while, and they were alright. No harm in them....



Spain (I): Everybody Wants To See Behaviour Like That. Don’t They?
By Kate Forrester SPAIN. They’re a good team, aren’t they? In with a chance of winning. Again. Play nice football, don’t they? Do they? I don’t know. If you were hoping for sensible discussion on such things, then sorry about that, because I’m your Spain...
Let our hearts rejoice, for we are young and free
AUSTRALIA. I have a few problems with Australia. First up there’s the whole ‘red centre’ thing. I’m red/green colour blind. Stood with a thousand people cooing ‘oooh’ and ‘aaah’ and ‘look at the colours, they’re amazing’ as the sun set on what, to me, looked like a...



Ecuador (I): I Wanna Be Ecuadored
By Neil Scott AH YES. ECUADOR. Jewel of the Andes. Home of the banana. A land steeped in history and natural splendour. With its mountains and its music and its extensive collection of luxury tortoises. And its bananas. Did I already mention its bananas? Push on, I...



PREMIER LEAGUE MUST WAKE UP TO THE GRASS ROOTS CRISIS
FORMBY, an affluent suburb on the outskirts of Merseyside, has been home to enough Premier League footballers to put together a star-studded mixed age representative team. Steven Gerrard, Leighton Baines, Jordan Henderson, Alan Shearer, Neil Ruddock, Glen Johnson,...



Belgium (I): Low Country Feedback
By Daniel Fitzsimmons BLOODY Brussels, eh. I’ve got nothing against Belgium. Some of my best friends are Belgian. I’d happily let a group of Belgian men move in next door. I was used to having Belgians as neighbours for a while, and they were alright. No harm in them....



Spain (I): Everybody Wants To See Behaviour Like That. Don’t They?
By Kate Forrester SPAIN. They’re a good team, aren’t they? In with a chance of winning. Again. Play nice football, don’t they? Do they? I don’t know. If you were hoping for sensible discussion on such things, then sorry about that, because I’m your Spain...
Let our hearts rejoice, for we are young and free
AUSTRALIA. I have a few problems with Australia. First up there’s the whole ‘red centre’ thing. I’m red/green colour blind. Stood with a thousand people cooing ‘oooh’ and ‘aaah’ and ‘look at the colours, they’re amazing’ as the sun set on what, to me, looked like a...