Posted on June 30, 2009 by stuartnoel
So against most expectations our young lions reached the final of the UEFA Under21′s Championship in Sweden. As a fan it had been a good tournament. The Swedes love football, love guests and love having a bit of a party, as long as everyone leaves by 11pm and takes their rubbish home with them. England [...]
Filed under: England Games, European Football, Sweden | Tagged: England, Germany, Horst Hrubesch, Jerome Bateng, Malmo, Mark Noble, Stuart Pearce, Swedbank Stadium, UEFA Under21's | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 29, 2009 by stuartnoel
You may remember dear reader that last Sunday on Father’s Day I was absent from the Fuller household, enjoying the sunshine and “local” sights in Oslo. Instead of simply dismissing this US-created excuse for the card industry for another year, the little Fullers wanted to treat Daddy and so we postponed it a week. So queue a [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2009 by stuartnoel
“Maggie Thatcher, your boys took a hell of a beating“ is probably up there with the likes of “And Smith must score”, “They think it’s all over” and everyone’s bedtime favourite “Dicks shoots and Seaman is all over the place”, but the generation of today would be hard pressed to know what that classic line [...]
Filed under: European Football, Norway | Tagged: Football in Norway, Football in Oslo, Lyn Oslo, Odd Grenland, Ulleval Stadion | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 17, 2009 by stuartnoel
Two years ago I traveled to the end of the earth, or so it seemed to follow the UEFA Under21′s tournament in Holland. England didn’t exactly deliver on the exciting football promise and staggered through the groups to make it to the semi-finals before they were defeated in a marathon penalty shoot out to the [...]
Filed under: Denmark, England, England Games, European Football, Spain, Sweden | Tagged: Belarus, England, Finland, Germany, Goteborg, Halmstad, Malmo, New Ullevi, Spain, Swedbank Stadion, Sweden, UEFA, UEFA Under21's, Under 21's | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 17, 2009 by stuartnoel
