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The Proclaimers

October 22, 2009

In honour of tonight’s trip to see the Proclaimers, here’s my favourite song of theirs (even though it’s about god, sort of):

Edit: oh boo, sorry, you have to click through to YouTube to watch. It’s worth it, though!

The comments below are almost as much fun as the song. These were my favourites (in case you didn’t already know, Sunshine On Leith is to Hibs fans as Glad All Over is to Palace fans):

Rfc1Darryl
This song is for all scots, not jus hibbs fans, n not jus cause am a rangers man, am probably the only rangers fan ye would ever meet that doesnt wave a union jack, scottish independence 2010 !!

Duncsta22
Good on you man. There is a bit of work to do with the rest of your crew though.

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Starry starry night

September 1, 2009

I stood behind that very nice man Adrian Chiles in the lunch queue earlier. He was wearing knee-length shorts.  I was wearing a shirt dress.

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And they’re away!

August 8, 2009

A thrilling start to the new Championship season as Palace thunder to a 1-1 draw with Plymouth. Sigh.

Still, this leaves us in ninth place, thanks to our early alphabetical position. This might be the highest we get all season, so make the most of it!

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End-of-season prediction

August 9, 2008

Here’s how the teams line up in the Championship table this afternoon, after one game. And the funny thing is, I can imagine the list looking exactly like this in nine months’ time when the season comes to a close, assuming poor old Derby don’t suddenly find some form.  Let’s check back next May and see how accurate it was.

(Image swiped from BBC sport)

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Unexpected

August 9, 2008

I heart Palace’s new strip, which was voted for by the fans and recollects a design used in the 1970s and 80s.  But I’ve just noticed that it bears an uncanny resemblance to what Rangers are wearing away this season.  Boo!

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And they’re off!

August 9, 2008

The new season starts today, for people who follow proper football. We’re at home to Watford, and I can’t go because I’m on call for work, which entails being within fifteen minutes of a broadband connection at all times.

I’m predicting Palace 2-1 Watford. We went to watch a pre-season friendly against Fulham, which was actually Dougie Freedman’s testimonial (WHO LET THE DOUG OUT!), and, whilst it was a completely rubbish game, there were some points from which I thought we could take cautious hope. The two youngsters, Scannell and Moses, both looked good, as did a new signing from Bristol City, Nick Carle, who if he continues to play well I will forgive for acting like an arse in the away leg of the play-off semi-final last season, when he took five minutes to leave the pitch after being substituted.

Meanwhile, I’m watching the swimming, the builders who have been making car crash noises on the roof all morning appear to have disappeared, and Final Score is back this afternoon. It could be worse.

Update: it ended 0-0.  Still, a point’s a point.  Onwards and upwards!

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Up the Baggies!

July 14, 2008

I’ve just finished reading We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, Adrian Chiles’s account of the 2005-06 season as he travelled around the country watching games with West Brom fans even more fanatical, in some cases, than he is. I’d recommend it to anyone, but especially to anyone whose team aren’t traditionally a big winning side. It’s heartening to discover that promotion and relegation feel the same for everyone else, too. Although I can barely call myself a fan in comparison to most of the people he meets.

But it’s a really really wonderful, heartwarming, funny, sad book and I’m glad I picked it up. Buy your copy now. Buy two!

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The final

June 27, 2008

I probably won’t get to post between now and Sunday evening, so I’m calling it now for… Spain.  No, Germany!

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Semi finals

June 23, 2008

I’m quite pleased that every single prediction I made in my last post (Van Persie scoring, Holland continuing on good form, Turkey exiting against Croatia, Spain losing to Italy) turned out to be wrong. I still think Germany will win it, but at least we’ve got the prospect of two interesting semi-finals along the way. And who’d have thought that Turkey would be in the last four? Awkwardly, it was me that set up the office sweepstake, so if I win I probably have to give the money away anyway. I’m already being accused of some sophisticated type of cheating involving insider knowledge and a direct personal line to some of the tournament’s key players.

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Quarter finals

June 20, 2008

I’ve resisted writing about Euro 2008, because I could wibble on for a very long time without having very much to say.  I drew Turkey in the office sweepstake, which seemed like a poor choice at the time but they’re still in it, at least for the next five hours.  More promisingly, I drew Robin Van Persie for the golden boot, which if Holland keep up the form they started off with might get me somewhere.

Before the tournament started I confidently predicted Germany would win.  Now I’m not so sure, even though they looked good against Portugal (my second choice) last night.  Mainly, though, I just don’t understand football.  How can a national team maintain the same characteristics over decades and across completely different players and coaches?  But history still works better than form as an indicator of a team’s chances.  As I said to my beloved last night, Portugal should win because they’ve looked three times better over the competition, but traditionally, Germany win difficult knock-out games.  And lo and behold, they breezed it.  It’s all very odd, and means that my latest tip for the trophy, Spain, will probably go out on Sunday.  That’s what Spain do after all, isn’t it?

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