The Real World Cup Experience
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- Written by James Palmer
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he real World Cup experience can’t be found in Brazil, there I said it. Brazil seems to be hosting a fantastic tournament, don’t get me wrong. But this is just for a lucky minority. The real experience can be found in living rooms up and down the country and that is what I will be having this evening.
The real World Cup experience.Me, with an 11pm kick off while an early start at work waits for me tomorrow morning. It’s a 32inch TV, not the 52inch that everyone on the Curry’s adverts seems to be buying solely for the tournament. And joining me will be a few cans of Kopparberg (other fruity ciders are available) as all of my actual friends are far too sensible to stay up until 1am on a school night. And who could blame them?
It’s a funny old game indeed. Less than a week ago, according to reports, Roy Keane was on the verge of becoming Celtic manager. Martin O’Neill, Keane’s current boss at the Republic of Ireland and a man who enjoyed success at Parkhead a decade ago, did little to contradict that notion publicly, but a few days on, Keane is going nowhere, and Celtic have plumped for an unknown Norwegian instead.