From now on this blog will be monthly, the entries will be longer and more thoughtful, and have a lot more topical content. I announce this on the day after England lost the bid to host the World Cup, the whole bag of tricks being handed over to Russia. Why did this happen? Well there have been may column inches spewing out all manner of opinion about England’s failure, many taking what I think to be a complicated view. To my way of thinking, the answer is simple – Violence.
The on pitch confrontation between Aston Villa and Birmingham, less than twenty four hours before the final vote, sealed England’s fate more I fear, than the accusations of bribery and vote buying. Who in their right mind is going to pod out thousands of Euros, dollars etc, and risk getting a glass in their face? We have to face the fact that despite wonderful ambassador’s like David Beckham, England has nothing to offer the world for a project of this magnitude. And if we don’t get to grips with this midless pest that festoon’s the terraces of our grounds, the game itself with die a tragic death.
