Just a few things that i have seen over the last couple of days that have made my fingers tap excitedly. Also, some news that i wanted to fire my thoughts about.
The Scottish F.A have decided to review the red card incidents of Charlie Mulgrew and Madjid Bougherra. About time really. Kirk Broadfoots actions were truly dispicable. I have always said that common sense should prevail in incidents like these and it’s refreshing that an Association have been forthright and shown conviction in there actions.
It has been interesting to note aswell that yesterday saw the launch of Englands 2018 world cup bid. Now, this is ambitious and the myriad of problems that will face England and the F.A before the bidding process comes to its climax will be long, drawn out and more than likely grisly but it was good to see the F.A take this seriously. The part of this story that caught my eye was though, was the provincial bidding that is happening in parts of the country. No less than 20 stadiums have shown interest in staging tournament games in 2018. Including new stadiums in Bristol, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Liverpool and Hull including improvements at the Stadium MK, Old Trafford, Pride Park and Stamford Bridge in order to meet the requirements set by Fifa. This increased investment can only mean good things for certain clubs and areas. However it will be interesting to see how this development pans out. Not only because this project is going to be costly but because the investment is going to have to be partly corporate and business funding. In these times, ambition is easy, finance is hard.
Matt Dickinson and Giles Smith wrote two great articles in the Times today. I’d thought i would share that here with you.
Lastly, marquee events were the name of the game at the weekend. Centre Court opened with a “Tennis Gala”. I don’t really know what that means, whilst in the rain in Manchester, Usain Bolt treated us to a lesson in how to run very fast in the 150 metre race in Deansgate. He apparantly broke a record, although no one really knows which one. Was it the fastest free run ever? Or the fastest 150 metre unchained race or did he break the 150 metres sprint or was it quite possibly the fastest 150 metres by a Jamaican sprinter on the wet in an Industrial ghetto in the North of England, who knows!
All i know is Usain Bolt ran very fast and he attracted the right sort of attention to Athletics for a change.
