The referee was a crook, Sven was a fool, Stevie G and Frank L should have taken better penalties, and it was all rather upsetting.

Of course, I may not know what I’m talking about (except for the ‘upsetting’ part) but the long and the short of it is: England’s out.

Enjoyed the match though – shouted head off with a few others around the big screen, and simultaneously read Guardian’s commentary to check how well I was doing at understanding what was going on. The Graun’s coverage was pretty good…

(And I see that Becks has quit as Captain – what will become of the England team under its new stewardship? Who knows?)

I do think I’m going to subscribe to an RSS feed that’ll keep me updated on Spurs progress through the next premiership season, as quite enjoyed the bits of football I’ve watched this World Cup and might be interesting to follow the team I supposedly support… (Of course, Tottenhamhotspur.com doesn’t have any RSS feeds that I can find… grrr).