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Weekend of football

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Oh boy, what a most awesome weekend ahead.

Tonight, as I write this post I am watching the Adelaide v Melbourne game in the A-League (I only cheer for Harry Kewell tho). Tomorrow morning I head to the beach for 5 hours of lifesaving patrol, before watching Brisbane take on Sydney in the soccer again.

Sunday we have the Trans-Tasman test (Australia v New Zealand) in the Rugby League before the same two nations go head-to-head again in the Rugby Union World Cup semi final. Important bragging rights there! Those two games will be viewed in amongst a BBQ at C’s house with friends.

So yes, it’s definitely the weekend of football!! I guess I will need to get my rest when I can; I’ve got lots of cheering to do! Go Harry/Brisbane/Australia/Australia!!!

He’s not quite a soccer fan…yet

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Last night I went around to a friend’s place to watch the Socceroos v Oman game, another one of the world cup qualifying matches. It was an entertaining game with some great saves and goals, and we ended up winning 3-0. Can’t complain about that!

C came around to watch it as well, and at the end of the night you could tell he was slightly relieved it was over. He absolutely loves his sports, but I think if there was something else on offer to do that evening he may very well have done that instead. He hasn’t quite fallen for the game yet, but that’s fine. I’m not going to push it on him, and I’m happy to go to the games with my friends that enjoy it. I have to give him props for trying though. I do hope that my love for the sport will rub off on him eventually, and I know that if my team got into the finals he wouldn’t hesitate in coming to that; during the season I don’t think he’s all that keen. It’s also a bonus that the soccer season is on during the NRL off-season, otherwise I wouldn’t have a hope in hell of getting him to watch anything other than handegg.

Source: Daily Haha

He also doesn’t understand how I can talk or use my phone during the game and not miss anything that’s going on. He’s certain that I’m not watching it, but every time he’s asked me what just happened I haven’t been wrong (the moment will come, I’m sure). I guess he hasn’t figured out just how good I can be at multi-tasking when the situation calls for it :)

One day he’ll understand how amazing women are.

Photo of the day

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351/365 - The Beach: QLD's Shame

The boxing day derby between Brisbane Roar and Gold Coast United. Thankfully the stadium opened up extra tiers for all the crowd so that we were all able to stay out of the rain. The only ones who didn’t were the diehard fans, that were next to the field cheering to their teams.

This banner is the sledge of the year, it was brilliant. If you’re not sure what it’s about, the Gold Coast supporter’s bay is called “The Beach”.

Another world cup over

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And that’s that for 2010! Spain is victorious, my socceroos didn’t make it to the final 16, and amazingly, NZ remains the only team undefeated during the competition. Wow!

This is the first world cup that I’ve truly paid attention to throughout the whole thing. It’s the first world cup since I truly became fascinated with soccer. I stayed up for the 2006 Socceroos matches, but no one else I really cared about. This year, I had a wall chart up in my office and kept it up to date with the latest results. I stayed up late or got up early to watch games of interest, and after the socceroos went down I adopted Germany as the team I was supporting. They managed to take out 3rd spot, so congratulations to them.

The A-League hasn’t resumed yet, and now the world cup is over. While I’m relishing the ability to sleep a whole night without getting up at stupid o-clock, I’m definitely feeling withdrawls. Thank god I’m going to watch Brisbane Roar v Everton this weekend…I need a round ball fix. Make of that as you will….