Archive for the ‘football’ Category

Brady or Ronaldo

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

While watching the Superbowl last night, I asked Ben who he’d rather be if he had the choice: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United & Portugal Midfielder - Football/Soccer) or Tom Brady (New England Patriots Quarterback - American Football/Football). Here’s the two moments of sporting brilliance that show why either is a good choice:

Cristiano Ronaldo’s free kick, Manchester United vs Portsmouth, 30th January 2008

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Tom Brady’s “Statue of Liberty” play vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 12th January 2008

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So who do you choose?

The greatest football commentary update

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

While checking the African Cup of Nations scores on BBC Sport, I saw this update:

1737: Accrington Stanley’s (who are they?) Romauld Boco finds himself in an excellent position down the left for Benin but his cross is woefully overhit.

Any update that manages to incorporate Accrington Stanley AND Benin is a winner in my eyes. Also, since when did the likes of Accrington Stanley have players on international duty? The times we live in, eh.

For those of you not getting the “Who are they?” quote - here’s the classic Milk advert shown in the UK in the 80s to which it refers.

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It worked on me, I was all about drinking my milk after that one.

Dave Stevens: Footballer Extraordinaire?

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Ohhh this photo is brilliant! This was taken on the pitch at Wembley last Thursday, talk about a boy’s dreams coming true…

Team Photo at Wembley

Once I get all of Jessi’s photos together I’ll update this post :)

On the more serious side, the whole event raised a stupendous £54,000 for Wooden Spoon, the charity the whole thing was in aid of. Brilliant!

The Road to Wembley

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Next Thursday (22nd November) I’ll be playing for the Microsoft Team in the Microsoft Charity Cup at Wembley. It’s all in aid of a charity called Wooden Spoon, who help disadvantaged children and young people.

Kick-off is at 6pm and anyone can purchase tickets to come along and support the charity, watch the games and have a laugh. Ticket prices are as follows:

Adult £10
Child - £5
Family (x 2 adults and x 2 children) - £20

At the moment the only way to purchase tickets is by requesting them through a contact at work, so if you’d like to come along get in touch and I’ll get hold of them for you.