FIFA World Cup...doesn't belong here you say? I wholeheartedly agree. Although football is a sort of game, it's not one that lends itself well to PbP or PnP play styles. Ergo doesn't belong here. That said I did my time on the football field when I was a kid - was never any good...at least not initially...and when I did start to bloom my gaming and drinking hobbies caught up with me. As an adult I played a little football with my military colleagues, until one of them broke my noes with his elbow back in 2006. That was the last time I touched a football in anger. After that I rolled a little ball with my son, only he IS pretty good, so that at age 9 he's really catching up with his old man. So I better stop with I'm ahead! Hmm, played a bit of football manager games on the Amiga - maybe I should get into that again? Nah, too little time.

At any rate - I'll undoubtedly watch a few games...watching Kongsvinger - Moss itwo ubscure 'Elite' teams from Norway) is not my thing, but I can actually enjoy a game at the World Cup level.

England's Peter Crouch lounging in the sun