Wednesday, June 09, 2004
I'm a fairweather football fan and proud of it. The more importance the mob attaches to authenticity, loyalty and committment in the ludicrously titled 'beautiful game', the more repugnant i find the practice of 'support'. It also demonstrates the general public's unceasing pleasure at being ripped-off by greedy bastards in exchange for some manufactured and carefully regulated excitement within safe and unquestionable boundaries. It's a matter of class is football, and increasingly it seems no-one's got any but they all think they have.
That poorly thought out rant over with, it's with pleasure I can reveal that I've put a couple of quid on Euro2004. Not on England to win. nor France, nor Italy or whomever. My money has gone, perhaps for good, maybe for bad, to gamebookers who are offering very acceptable odds of 33/1 on England being kicked out of the tournament as a result of the bad behaviour of its fans.
I bet the UKIP are wishing it could happen before the elections. I'm just hoping it'll happen. And the money would be a bonus.
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That poorly thought out rant over with, it's with pleasure I can reveal that I've put a couple of quid on Euro2004. Not on England to win. nor France, nor Italy or whomever. My money has gone, perhaps for good, maybe for bad, to gamebookers who are offering very acceptable odds of 33/1 on England being kicked out of the tournament as a result of the bad behaviour of its fans.
I bet the UKIP are wishing it could happen before the elections. I'm just hoping it'll happen. And the money would be a bonus.
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