Monday, 10 July 2006

V for Italia

Filed under: Inner West Sydney, Germany 2006, Haiku — Rick Eyre @ 6:45 am

Red card for Zizou.

Big day on Norton Street.

V for Italia.

Friday, 7 July 2006

Euro 2006

Filed under: Germany 2006 — Rick Eyre @ 9:12 am

With Portugal’s loss to the referee in yesterday’s Euro 2006 semi-final, my interest in the tournament has drawn to a close.

My prediction for the big game on Sunday morning: Portugal 2 Germany 1. And on Monday, France 3 Italy 0 with riot police throwing a cordon around Michel’s Patisserie in Norton Plaza for the rest of the day.

Monday, 3 July 2006

worldcup-champions.com

Filed under: Sport, Germany 2006, Self-advertising — Rick Eyre @ 7:42 pm

Another domain name I bought a while back and never got around to using.

I’ve put worldcup-champions.com up for auction on eBay. The auction closes in three days time, on Thursday about twelve hours after the Portugal-France semi-final. The domain name is currently registered until 24 February 2007.
If anyone is interested, the auction is on eBay here.

Friday, 23 June 2006

Guuuuuuussssssssssss!!!!!! Guus! Guus! Guus! Guus!

Filed under: Australia, Germany 2006 — Rick Eyre @ 6:55 am

I haven’t been this excited about a game of soccer since… well, no, I haven’t.

Australia 2 Croatia 2. What a nailbiter. We’re in the final sixteen.

Italy? Doddle.

Sunday, 17 July 2005

Is this the most hideous stadium ever?

Filed under: Fashion, Germany 2006 — Rick Eyre @ 9:37 am
Allianz Arena. Home of the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Now I could understand if this stadium were called the Goodyear Grandstand or the Michelin Mansion. But whatever possessed the architects to create a stadium that looks just like a spare tyre from the outside?

This, as it happens, will be the main arena in Munich for next year’s FIFA World Cup.