Much to the chagrin of those who care nothing for football, the world cup proper kicks off in quarter of an hour.

# We've on-ly just be-guuuuun ...

Inside: FREE unofficial HuSi world cup draw chart.

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It's a'Fooccer!

Talk to the tags 'coz the intro text ain't listening.

Inside, a description of the damage and given that the ship is in drydock, I get the chance to talk properly about football for a change.

(This diary is mostly about footy, so if you're not interested, walk on by.)

<<Camera zooms into the bridge of a battered WW2, tricked out with a whole bunch of alarms, warning lights and controls that all seem to mysteriously date from 1966.>>

<<Shouting... off screen>>

What happened?

Damn Paraguayan shelling, we're taking water...

But Sir, we came through? They barely got a shot on target?

Aye lad... but...

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