Archive for the 'First & Foremost' Category

England sans Rooney

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 by Herr Ed

The absence of Rooney would be a huge blow to England’s World Cup hopes, but let’s not despair - England could still have an excellent 2006. Rooney stood out at Euro 2004 as by far our best attacking player. However, as a result of England’s malformed team structure, it was only a dynamic loose cannon like Rooney […]

Is half fit good enough?

Monday, April 10th, 2006 by Herr Paul

There’s an old Chinese saying that, when translated, means: “If food is your meteor, then eat your cosmos”. Another wise Chinese saying says, “A half fit footballer is not a fully fit footballer.”
You can see why these proverbs are used as words of wisdom centuries after they were first uttered. And the second one we […]

Panini shambles!

Monday, April 3rd, 2006 by Herr Ed

I read with interest that the sticker people at Panini have fudged the England team in their 2006 World Cup album. Panini present what they consider to be England’s principal 12 players, but for some reason they have chosen to omit hardy regular Gary Neville. OK, so Neville was well behind Warren Barton in the […]

Hipposexuals!

Sunday, February 12th, 2006 by Herr Ed

Incredibly The News of the World has revealed today that two well-known footballers have been involved in a GAY ROMP and have CAVORTED with a GAY MAN from the music industry. However, World Cup Hippo has further details which make The News of the World’s revelations look tame indeed.
Research suggests that around 3% of the […]