World Cup 2002 - the build up Reviews

The World Cup is held every four years since 1930 which Uraguay won. Each World cup has a host country and this year it will be played in Japan and South Korea. There will be eight groups of four teams that I will list below: GROUP A France Denmark Uruguay Senegal MY ...  Read the complete review

There's what was predicted. Then there's what really happened. Group A For the world champions France, this was meant to be a stroll in the park. Their only possible competition was Denmark. What was that? France knocked out? Not scoring a single goal? Yeah, right...oh, you're not joking! Exactly, imagine how ...  Read the complete review

When I first found out that the world cup was to be held in Japan and South Korea I though that FIFA had made a mistake. Watching the first match I was convinced they had made a mistake. My first doubt was the accessability to the matches. Both countries are a considerable distance from Europe, Africa and the Americas, and are subsequently ...  Read the complete review

Whatever the reason for Roy Keane's Taz-style behaviour over the past few days (and, let's be honest, the great man has actually been acting strangely for some months now), there can be no question that he has put himself into a very tricky position with relation to his three or so million fellow countrymen and women.   Ireland is ...  Read the complete review

As a rule I tend to avoid this type of issue on what I believe should be a consumer-based site. The fact is that there have been acres of newsprint wasted already and even though I know all of this I still felt that I had to put virtual pen to virtual paper and give you my opinion as a soccer fan. (We call it soccer here in Ireland, as football is ...  Read the complete review

Last time the World Cup was on I was getting excited weeks before the opening ceremony but this time I'm only just starting to get into a state of anticipation. Part of the problem is the time difference. Last time I watched most of the games and so really got into the whole tournament. This time because of the games being played ...  Read the complete review

I am disgusted at all this bad press flying around about the captain of my team. I have to say that too many people are calling him without knowing the whole story and I think the fact that he plays for Manchester United has something to do with it. To be honest though, to say what he said about McCarthy to the press was a little out of ...  Read the complete review

So you think you can do better than Swedes and Turnips..... now's your chance to prove it! As we build up to the 2002 World Cup kick-off, there are plenty of challenges out there for budding World Cup managers to get their act together and prove themselves to the sniggering masses. Can you win fame and fortune, or will you ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ You would hardly credit that we had a General Election here in Ireland just over a week ago, and that serious negotiations are still ongoing about the makeup of our next Government for the next five years or so. Only one story dominates all the print, radio, and TV media here at the moment, and that’s the ongoing saga of skipper Roy ...  Read the complete review

My ma, George W. Bush and Glen Hoddle all have something in common, they know nothing about football. So they, amongst others might not know that the biggest sporting event in…oh?...four years is about to commence. If you don’t know that World Cup Japan / Korea 2002 starts on Friday 31ST May, what the hell are you doing reading this ...  Read the complete review

Okay hands up all those who are already sick of the World Cup. So thats quite a few of you already then. It appears that everytime I turn on the TV pick up a news paper or goto a web site there is some pre world cup garbage bombarding me. It seems the world has gone football mad. I have just returned from Japan and ...  Read the complete review

Oh well, with the football season just finished, you?d think all us football followers would be feeling a bit down in the dumps, I mean come on, what the hell are we going to do with ourselves on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon/evening over the next few months? What, with no football matches to attend/watch/listen to, I suppose we could all ...  Read the complete review

Am I the only person to be sick of these pointless friendlies? Don't get me wrong - I can't wait for France vs. Senegal on Friday as the World Cup finally kicks off, but find all the friendlies going on currently very tedious. This is particularly in England's case. Sven has yet to choose his starting eleven for any of the ...  Read the complete review

The first game of the World Cup is just over two weeks away and the men(not forgetting the women) of England are crossing their fingers in the hope England can again win the most prestigious prize in Football. Here is my verdict on Englands build up and indeed those of the other main protagonists: ENGLAND ======= To say ...  Read the complete review

I’m sure that there must be many of ‘our kind’; we who dread the madness which takes over the planet, every four years, and prepare to batten-down-the-hatches during four weeks of hell, us who cannot understand the fanaticism surrounding 22 players kicking a ball around a field for 90 minutes. Yes I’m talking about the ...  Read the complete review

With the world cup just a few weeks away many footballer fans around the world are trying to come up with good excuses to take a day off work or go to work late. My car wouldn't start, Exhaust, Tyre… I am stuck on the motorway. There is a big pile up. I will be late coming into work (I will come in when the match has ...  Read the complete review

WORLD CUP 2002. The comedy ?The Office? brilliant front man Ricky Gervais said the only thing the French don?t eat is Clourettes, (breath freshener!).Well they have a serious appetite for football and will be out to defend it in the style which bought them the double. Argentina and Italy will have a lot to say on that as will the ...  Read the complete review

Sven Goran Eriksson seems to have settled now on his first choice England side for the World Cup, despite the high numbers of injury problems among some of them and it's noticeable that he's made a bit of a policy decision to take the majority of his men from the top end of the Premiership. If we assume as most pundits do that his ...  Read the complete review

As the world cup looms, and with the current spate of injuries to key England players, it may seem that Sven’s 23 to travel to Japan and Korea will be an automatic choice of the only 23 fit players who qualify to play for England. However, in the hope everyone is fit, this the 23 players who won’t free to make a Rio Ferdinand style ...  Read the complete review

Not long now until the biggest football competition in the world starts. World Cup 2002 Japan/ South Korea is going to be a great one for England. Here is my guide on the other entrants into this prestigious competition. Argentina: Many peoples favourites to take the title this summer. In defence I don’t think Argentina are too ...  Read the complete review