When too much football is barely enough
Last week was a big week in football. Well it was for me anyway as I took in all seven days of the Homeless World Cup that was held in Melbourne last week. I think I watched close to seventy games for week in what was a great week of football. Over at the84thminute I have given a daily update on some of the many matches that I had a look it. Also as part of my weekly blog at au.fourfourtwo.com instead of writing something about the Melbourne Victory’s terrible performance against Perth I chose a much more inspiring story about the women of the Homeless World Cup. You can read it here.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
What do you think of Andrew Bolts comments regarding Homeless World Cup (herald sun, 12/12)? Is it justified?
December 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I was in Melbourne just before the homeless WC started and it looked like they had a pretty good setup there. Afghanistan winning is a great story as well. These sorts of events are also good in that they demonstrate just how much bigger football is than just the professional game.. Football is a whole universe in itself, as the great Bob Marley once said.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Andrew Bolt’s comments on the Homeless World Cup is one of his poorest efforts in trying to say something controversial about a topic and or subject he obviously knows little about. It is a very poor attempt at journalism and is poorly researched.
Here is a stat that he should have included: “A study of players form previous Homeless World Cups has shown that over 70 per cent of players significantly change their lives, including finding employment and accommodation, coming off drugs and alcohol and reconnecting with their families.”
See Andrew Bolt, playing football does make a difference and its not always about the money.