A Bit of Diverse Footie Stuff

The Gills look like they don't want to go up. They were gubbed 2-0 at home this Saturday by Barnet. Why, oh bloody hell, why? They took a point off league two leaders, and obvious champions, Brentford a week earlier; that is a good result in anybody's book. Some results in the week and on Saturday went the way of the Gills, so automatic promotion is not off the books. (Also, some of the last fixtures see the Gills play other top six teams and them meet each other too.)

Mission World Cup: England and Denmark won their matches. The hard times are approaching fast for Denmark, though - they have "the old enemy" Sweden twice, Hungary (at home) and Portugal (at home).

Apropos Portugal and their main man....It is time to dust off that Downfall clip again, perhaps? ( A clip I love because Hitler starts thinking of supporting a certain Kent team!)

Never Say Die in Football

AaB (Aalborg) looked more or less dead and buried at half time in last night's UEFA cup, second leg, match against Manchester City. They hadn't created any chances and were down 2-0 from the first leg at the City of Manchester ground.

They put a great amount of pressure on City in the second half and managed to net twice in the last ten minutes - their second was a penalty in the 90th minute. Alas for AaB, they eventually lost out on penalties. City were a bit lucky. I like what Simon Burnton wrote about City in his live coverage in the Guardian: "Basically they're a half-decent side, with a strong streak of total moronicness built in." The Danish commentators were a bit sarcastic about the millions that have been spent by the new club owners.