Is It Fixed??

The football World Cup is now on.

And Australia got totally thumped, humped and blasted by Germany in their first game. By four goals! oh dear ------4-0!



Interesting outcome, even worse than possibly feared. Will they get past the preliminaries?

An even more interesting interview today was on Radio National here in Australia with Declan Hill, author of the book, "The Fix". It is based on his PhD thesis at Oxford that examines the fixing of soccer games worldwide.
The interview is absolutely fascinating, and definitely gives one something to think about regarding football.

Go the Socceroos!

Download the audio file here - [ about 8 mins]:

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalks/index/subjects_Sport_2010.htm the heading is "Fascination Football" on 14 June.

AFL - Last Saturday in September

Most Australians would recognise the significance of the heading - The AFL Grand Final.

It has come and gone; Geelong the victor over St Kilda, in a very close game in which the lead changed quite a few times, but Geelong was in front when it counted..........at the end. It was, for me, a non AFL devotee [ really - I could not care much] worth watching. A good close gritty game.

BUT......the big question now..........what do AFL fans do on a Saturday afternoon, or rather between Thursday and Monday, as there are games each day in that period? Is there now time to mow the lawn, fix the car, chat up the wife or girlfriend, or even.........go surfing.

There is life after football.