Football bigotry - no surprise there then!

The fact that adult males (and females, these days) enjoy wearing ridiculous coloured hats and scarves and standing around for hours in the cold watching a strange game where opposing teams seek to trip each other up and then hug and kiss one another when a goal is scored, never ceases to amaze me.

The rattle of a simple man!

And when I read that an ex referee (what a claim to fame) has published (allegedly) bigoted and obscene statements about Catholics in general and the Holy Father in particular, I find myself muttering to myself: "Just what did they expect?"

The old saying that 'Rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen and football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans' never rang more true.
The day that the press features news of a composition of the mass for four voices or a painting of the face of Christ, all done by a well known Centre Forward (do they call them that any longer?) - that's when I'll sit up and take notice.

But obscene invective, drivel from the rabble is a no news item as far as I'm concerned.

Say a prayer for the man and hope that he grows in intelligence and faith to understand just a fraction of what this world is all about.

That's what I'll do.

And if you wish to read a report of this outburst, please click bigotry.

We lose our bid for the World Cup - sob!

What a tragedy, England has been outrun in the bid to host the next World Cup by Russia (of all places).
That means no mindless chanting on the terraces, no drunken lager louts terrorising the population, no vast sums of cash spent on building new stadia (now it can go into the Education budget or any budget for that matter as long as it's not football related).
Whew, a bit of a rant I know but I reflect on the saying: "Football is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans while Rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen" - and it's true!