Category Archives: World Cup

The Socceroos were through. We had a big night that night, and the knowledge that Australia were up against the might of Argentina in the next game was beginning to sink in. This was a very lazy morning, where I typed up the match report for the Denmark game and uploaded all the photos toContinue reading “Thu 01/12/2022 : Morocco magic, Japan keep Spain sweating”

By the time we had got out of bed, got showered and ready and got our hearty breakfast of faken (that’s fake bacon) and eggs on the stove, it was already afternoon. We had been tucking into the Heinekens and the vodka and Irn Bru was flowing. We met down at the entrance to theContinue reading “Wed 30/11/2022 : Danish delight for Socceroos and Argentina do enough”

This Monday morning was leisurely. We finally had some down time, relaxed over a lazy breakfast and made sure we were up to date with the games we’d missed the night before. Our one job today, before football was back on the agenda, was to pick up a couple of cases of beer from anContinue reading “Mon 28/11/2022 : Ghana fightback and Portugal too strong”

I have to admit that I was on a go slow in the morning for this one, which was obviously due to a lack of sleep. With our apartment on the same metro line as today’s game, I had a misguided sense that I didn’t need to rush, and as a result was out ofContinue reading “Fri 25/11/2022 : Iranian delight and a misfiring England team”

This World Cup was all about the late nights, this time with a 2am dinner and probably getting to bed around 3.30am, it was no surprise that the next morning didn’t really exist. I was up and about in good time though, getting ready to head to Lusail Stadium and left just after 11am withContinue reading “Tue 22/11/2022 : Saudi glory and the Aussies kick off”

Update : This FIFA World Cup blog is now available in coffee-table book form, as well as via eBook on Amazon. Click here to see it on the Amazon Australia website. Great memories! For 14 glorious days starting on Sunday 20th November 2022, this football tragic made the absolute most of the World Cup experienceContinue reading “A FIFA World Cup football frenzy”