The long interview in The Independent by Arsene Wenger really does underline his approach at

Blog Post: Hurrah I missed all the friendlies and then......Silvestre!!!!

2008-08-21 07:17:01

Having been busy with visitors this week has enabled me to miss all the dull action from the midweek games though the 2 young sons of my guests will probably want to watch some football at some point. However, waking up and quickly looking at the world it seems

Blog Post: Staying up too late to watch grown men hit little white balls is a bad idea...

2008-08-11 21:06:58

But I can't help but get fascinated by the golf majors, especially when the European players are doing so well and it takes your mind off the fact Arsenal seem to need to get George Graham, Liam Brady & Michael...

Blog Post: Swiss Moves & why Portsmouth/Sunderland love North London

2008-07-27 13:54:30

Strangely last season when watching the FA Cup Final in a bar in Basel I ended up supporting Portsmouth purely for the...

Video: France - Suisse - World Cup 2006

2008-07-23 07:22:32

Match summary

Blog Post: Podcasts help the life abroad....

2008-07-22 11:25:17

As many people who live far away from home know, it's relatively easy to catch up with football matches and news through a variety of different media. So living in Switzerland doesn't stop me getting coverage of the Premiership, for example, along with a lot of other football...

Blog Post: Wandering into France today I discovered...

2008-07-19 14:08:30

that L'Equipe is convinced that Makele is leaving

Blog Post: A New Season Starts Today & The Strange Case of the Temporary Railway Station...

2008-07-18 09:19:09

Those of you following your Premier League (or other major European league) teams will be thinking, possibly, of some pre-season friendly or just ignoring the transfer rumours emanating from around the globe. However, here in Switzerland, tonight sees the

Blog Post: Never leave certain things to the last minute...

2008-07-15 12:45:15

Whilst writing this blog I'm acutely aware of the lack of time I'm leaving myself to buy my wife's birthday present. So if any mishap should befell my marriage I hope you all will be sympathetic to my plight.

The daily rumours from L'Equipe are

Blog Post: More Painful than a Week of Adebayor Stories

2008-07-09 15:43:31

Yep - just back from the Dentist and am sitting down trying to ignore the pain whilst watching the Tour. Dentists obviously have the same enjoyment of giving pain as journalists do with making bollocks up every day. Yesterday it was more

Video: Oranje Band in Basel

2008-07-04 12:41:52

The Dutch band playing by Mittelbrucke in the centre of Basel during Euro2008

Blog Post: Creating a Video sort of day...

2008-07-02 09:16:11

There's a BBC programme called "Click", it's a weekly tech show and only lasts around 20 minutes but can be interesting some weeks. Last week's show introduced a great little website

Blog Post: Post Euro 2008 Blues - Day 2.....

2008-07-01 13:06:10

Apparently after really enjoyable experiences you have to face the fact that there is "come back down to Earth" moment when you have to face reality again. So after 5 weeks of the volunteer work at Euro 2008 today was the day when I felt this rather depressing chasm hit me. Nope...

Blog Post: Spanish Finally End 44 Years of Despair

2008-06-30 11:36:32

And so, after 31 games and 3 intensive weeks, Euro 2008 has ended with just about the right result. Most of the German quotations after the game certainly give the impression of good losers, saying the Spanish deserved to win.

Photo: Casillas Lifts Euro 2008 Trophy via Munsterplatz Screen

2008-06-30 11:34:56

Photo: The Munsterplatz Screen Tells Us the Score

2008-06-30 11:33:47

Photo: Quiet Marktplatz on Sunday Evening

2008-06-30 11:32:13

Photo: Pre-Match Build Up in Munsterplatz Fan Zone for Euro2008 Final

2008-06-30 11:30:05

Blog Post: A Glorious Sunny Morning to you from Sunny Switzerland

2008-06-29 08:30:28

There's not going to be much today as I'm about to rush out to spend the day by the lake at Thun. I've only one more day of free travel on the Swiss railways so I'm going to make the most of it (thanks UEFA).

I've seen that