June 20, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Nick
So for a minute on Monday night it looked like Italy would top Group C, setting themselves up for a tie with the Group D runners-up. In the end, they took their predicted runner-up position and were expecting to face …
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June 9, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Alex
With a nice cold Staropramen, I settled down to watch my adopted team, the Czech Republic, hopefully beat the Russians in their first game of the tournament. After a cracking game in Warsaw between the other Group A hopefuls, Poland …
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June 8, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Josey
The opening game provided plenty of talking points but unfortunately as far as this blogger is concerned, not enough of them were positive for the Poles. My top tip for the tournament Robert Lewandowski got the co-hosts off to a …
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June 8, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Josey
Poland captain Jakub Blaszczykowski, affectionately known as Kuba, is urging supporters to forget about the game against Russia and focus on this afternoon’s tournament opener against 2004 surprise package Greece. With many people already turning their focus to the second …
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June 7, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Alex
Carrying on with the Eurozone that is becoming quite popular, I thought I’d dig deep into the annals of history and uncover the Czech’s finest hour in the European Championships. I have broken the rules and am writing about the …
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June 7, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Stephen
Ireland are arguably the wildcard of this particular tournament, qualifying through a play-off against Estonia in which they quite comfortably proved themselves to be the better team. Now however they (or should I say we) have a harder contest to …
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June 6, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Nick
The booted peninsula that splashes into the Mediterranean Sea has, throughout history, both guided and dominated its European siblings. From the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, Italy has been the birthplace of ideas and styles that have had an immeasurable …
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June 5, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Josey
It’s often said that we Brits love an underdog. So, when choosing a new team to follow for the European Championships, who better for this blogger to pick than one of the underdogs? Poland may be playing on home soil …
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June 5, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Will
No Lord Nelson, England does not expect, not this time anyway. For this very reason, this particular blogger will be switching allegiance for Euro 2012. Instead of a disappointing quarter-final exit by means of a penalty shoot-out, I’ll be donning …
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June 5, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Alex
Euro ’96 is a tournament remembered for many things: Three Lions, Stuart Pearce, Gazza’s goal and England losing on penalties to the Germans. However, one of the things that is often forgotten are runners up the Czech Republic, and how …
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June 4, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Greg
If searching for an alternative to the bland white of England, look no further than the new-look French team. England’s so-called Golden Generation failed to live up to the hype, and it looked as though France’s equivalent would do the …
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June 3, 2012
Eurozone 2012
Nick
So for the average England fan the Euros are looking about as appealing as a night in with Titus Bramble. Not only are we forced to cringe our way through summer Jubilee ‘celebrations’, as well as the yearly struggle with …
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