Who the hell is this doing the ITV co-commentary on Switzerland v Qatar? Could somebody give them a shove and say it's a World Cup fixture and not a vicar's bowls match from Littlehampton.
I'm getting on for 70 now. I have had some lush jobs in my career - going to five World Cups among them. I can recognise a sweet touch when I see it.
And I have to say that berth the ITV gang have got in New York is an absolute peach of a gig.
On good wages too!
Bravo everyone!
All the best @whisperingbob.bsky.social
On the road we were very much what Crosby & Nash might have been.
One week to the opening fixture of the 2026 World Cup.
Mexico v South Africa.
Which is the same game that opened the 2010 WC.
I was there. Geoff Hurst gave me this ticket to it.
Yes Geoff Hurst.
Bobby Tambling was the first player I can recall who didn't just turn and shake hands with team mates after scoring. He'd wheel away, leap in the air and punch skyward with one arm.
Not much by modern standards but every elaborate goal celebration we see today started there.