The Ball 2006

Oh pilsen Korea! How do they do it? Where does it come from? Can England borrow some?

Read our post on the Guardian’s site here Yet another interview (photo: Dixi at Opera Hostel, Erfurt) Phil calls us “media puppets” as we seek publicity for The Ball. I know what he means. We both find dealing with the press — whether tv, radio or written — difficult to say the least. But we [...]

All Germans we have come across have been very welcoming and friendly if a little disinterested in the spectacle of the World Cup. We left England with a blaze of flags lighting our trail and are surprised to find little of that fervour over here. While the people beam with good cheer, football comes a [...]

More news from home — it looks like our local co-op is making a bit of a meal of its vegetable branding. Icebergs in the icebox? Strange goings on in the fridge

Warning: this post is not intended for the technically-challenged! Okay, I just can’t resist posting this — even though I haven’t been able to see the stream itself — but it really does promise to be what it says on the tin homepage: “The best, most ridiculous, most redundant graphical implementation of ASCII!”: A screenshot [...]

Actually, that’s not entirely true — Phil’s on his way back home in a couple of days and whilst I’d love to carry on posting videos, it’s not going to be easy filming with a crew of, er, one. In fact, filming with just the two of us on the case was tricky enough. In [...]

Some people seem to be referring to the following as “the Hand of God, Part 2″ Well, cheating or not, surely Peter Crouch has to be pleased with the association to the legendary pint-sized one. Okay, that’s enough Crouch-related stories for now.

This video by spizzenergi (anyone remember Where’s Captain Kirk?) made me laugh. And the burning question in my head is: why didn’t he do his robotic dance yesterday when he scored? What was he thinking? Next time, eh, Peter? There will be a next time, won’t there?

Izzy plays the flute for England

It’s not so easy being on the road sometimes. I miss my partner Anna and her daughter Izzy — I can’t wait to see them again. In the meantime, this little video keeps me smiling. I haven’t forgotten about your flag either, Iz… The shrub at the bottom [...]

Andrew Aris

We’ve settled in Erfurt in Thüringia to recover from the stresses of travel and video-blogging, and to meet up with Andrew, whom I met when I came over to Germany just before Christmas. He’s been organising a project here that’s also called Spirit of Football and contacted us when he found that [...]