Still Hanging in There...

I noticed today that not one single post in the month of October had been made... which is understandable given wedding plans, honeymoon breaks and getting back into the swing of life. It's been a heck of a month, a life changing one, one might be so bold to say.

The highlight of the month was clearly getting married. Sorry ladies, it's true and most definitely happened. P-Brow is off the market! But I want to be able to devote more time than this to that. It's an event which requires more than just a stop-gap and a mark in the October posting-checklist.

I guess, when all is said and done and I need a quick post to keep the 'at least one per month' dream of dreams alive, football is a fairly safe place to return to. As a married man, I'm yet to kick a football yet, mainly due to a recurrence in a shoulder injury. A bizarre one this time though, with no obvious starting-of-pain point and it fluctuating between agonising and non-existent on a day to day basis.

This reduces my posting possibilities further, to commenting on others playing the game I so love. Talking of the game and love... my wife is amazing! On honeymoon, she not only allowed, but positively encouraged me to go and watch the England v Belarus match as well as watching match of the day with me, a highlights show of the top soccer games played over the weekend.

My notice this week is the consistencies between the English and Spanish champions of the past few years... they are as follows:

Spanish

2000/01 Real Madrid
2001/02 Valencia
2002/03 Real Madrid
2003/04 Valencia
2004/05 Barcelona
2005/06 Barcelona
2006/07 Real Madrid
2007/08 Real Madrid


English

2000/01 Manchester United
2001/02 Arsenal
2002/03 Manchester United
2003/04 Arsenal
2004/05 Chelsea
2005/06 Chelsea
2006/07 Manchester United
2007/08 Manchester United


It amuses me that Man U and Real Madrid have won in the same seasons, as have Valencia and Arsenal, and Chelsea and Barcelona. Uncanny.

I doubt very much that this bears any interest at all to anyone who reads this- but a) it's an observation that I am pleased with, and b) it means that I'm 1-0 for October, which is a relief to you all.