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A 1pm kick off sounds like a terrific time for a football game. When you get to bed at 4am full of takeaway and grog and you’re completely spent after a solid week of World Cup football, that puts a different spin on it. We should have been out of the door at 11am, butContinue reading “Sun 27/11/2022 : Costa Rica shocker and Canada score first”

When you think of Qatar and the Middle East, the last thing you think of is breakfast beers. But that’s what kick-started this game day for us, the remainder of the slab of Heinekens demolished over a hearty fry-up, giving us the required sustenance to take into this vital Socceroos game day. Our game wasContinue reading “Sat 26/11/2022 : Australia show grit, Argentina back on track”

Any chance of getting to Aspire Academy to take part in the media v staff match at 7.30am was blown out of the water when I awoke at 8am, the blockout curtains doing their job. I had obviously clicked off my two alarms in my sleep, and without my natural alarm of the sun toContinue reading “Thu 24/11/2022 : Swiss efficiency and Brazil too good”

The din coming from the mosque next door to the Fanatics accommodation in Al Wakra at 4.30am woke us up. It was crystal clear and very insistent. That didn’t stop us from closing our eyes and sleeping for another six hours or more, and it was afternoon by the time we were ready to faceContinue reading “Wed 23/11/2022 : Japan conquer as Canada waste a golden chance”

After a late night following the opening ceremony, rousing for the next day was always going to be slow. Thankfully, with the opening ceremony being pushed back a day, there were no games until 4pm, so we decided to make this the day when we would check in to our Fanatics accomodation in Al WakraContinue reading “Mon 21/11/2022 : The home countries in action”

It was 1pm and we had just met our new flat mates and the rest of the Aussies staying in the Seven Pearls apartment complex near Hamad Hospital. It was like the first day at school, meeting all these new people, but we knew we had one very big thing in common and that wasContinue reading “Sun 20/11/2022 : The opening ceremony and VAR controversy”