David Beckham and Darren Clarke
I was touched by this from golfer
Darren Clarke's website(You probably know that Darren's wife, Heather, recently died of cancer).
3 October 2006Beckham Puts His Shirt 0n Clarkes Darren Clarke writes …
I’ve never met
David Beckham; I’ve no idea if he plays golf and, to be honest, I’d no idea he had any idea who I was.
Well now I do know because last week I received a parcel which proved to me what a scholar and gentleman the former England football captain is.
I was on the putting green at
The Grove during last week’s
American Express WGC event when somebody came over with
a parcel addressed to me. Inside were
three Real Madrid shirts all signed by David with personalised notes for myself and the two boys Tyrone and Conor.
It was a wonderful gesture particularly as it came from somebody I didn’t know personally. When I gave the shirts to the boys you should have seen their faces – they were beaming.
Full article:
http://www.darrenclarke.com/ism/sites/clarke/clarke_article.shtmlLabels: Football (Soccer), Golf
On Owen Hargreaves
This one a late comment on England's World Cup ... 17 July 06
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This is
way late, by way of a comment on the World Cup, but ... I wasn't able to watch the
England v Portugal game live and ... well it took me a while to work up the enthusiasm to watch the tape
Lots I could say, but one thing that stands out is that, after his performance out-of-position at right-back, and then his heroic efforts v Portugal,
Owen Hargreaves deserves a written apology from every one of the "experts" in the media who questioned his inclusion in the squad! (Yeah, like he's
ever going to get an apology from those people!)
Well done, Owen Hargreaves! All credit to you!!
Labels: Football (Soccer), Media, Rant
Michael Owen's injury
This one was mid-World Cup - 22 June 06
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Obviously
Michael Owen's injury is a terrible blow for him, and hurts England's World Cup chances significantly, since he is a
world class player. But you can't help but marvel at the attitude of the media pundits and journos.
Having spent so much of their time just recently insisting that Owen is
not worth his place and should be
dropped from the team, they are now wailing and gnashing their teeth and bemoaning the end of the world (cup) because he is out!
Labels: Football (Soccer), Media, Rant
