And just as soon as it culminates in this, the football season kicks off again. Today we have a pre-season friendly before the main event gets underway. If I am honest, I spend so much time on my own, working at home, that this comes as a release. I give something back while getting loads from it - and so bring it on boys. These are all working lads, welders and builders and fixers, shifters and school jannies, but on a Saturday they are a football team, happy to take on anyone in the land. C'mon lads, the Germans and the Brazilians, bring them on... football is all about timing and rhythm and movement, like a finely tuned samba:
