L-O-N-G day...busy worker bee today...but able to get off the phone and concentrate on getting stuff done, with the help of the background musical support of the great Chris Difford ("Cashmere If You Can"), Bowie's unreleased "Toy" album (which I also have on vinyl - all offers please in brown envelope to my address), Ringo Starr's "Blast From The Past" and Prefab Sprouts "Swoon". Add a bit of Brian Eno's "Another Day", Tom Waits' "Bad To Me", John Hiatts "Mudslide Hymns.." and you'll have an idea of what my toe was tapping along to.
As for the football? Ireland just pulled a goal back against Germany to make it a respectable 1-6 (I jest of course about the respectability.) Huge gulf in class and Ireland given a pertinent lesson in how to play the game...England stuttering to a respectable (there's that word again) win against San Marino. The stuttering coming from the way the ball was attempted to be continually walked into the net. A couple of shots from outside the box wouldnt have gone amiss. Good result though ("it's not been great really" - Andy Townsend). Baines had a solid game.