I just came across this description of foopball by Gary Lineker (no, I don't know who he is either - I found it in a list of funny things people have said, including Julie Burchill's comment about Camille Paglia - "the 'g'is silent, which is the only thing about her that is"):
"Football is a simple game: 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win."
Will he be proved correct in the World Cup, I wonder. It certainly seems more likely today than yesterday, but I'd appreciate informed advice, (not including any references to the offside rule, thanks), about whether to put money on it, (yeah, yeah, I know about the evils of gambling, but it does add interest to life from time to time.)
Several people have kindly enlightened me about Gary Lineker. Thank you to them all, but the murky details of his past will not be gracing this blog, eurgh, I wish I'd never been told
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