I can really be a bit of a prat sometimes. You may have noticed the criticism I’ve got from my old University friend steve about this entry from a couple of days ago. Rereading the entry, there’s no denying that I made myself look like a right idiot, to be so hostile towards women’s football. I honestly did not mean that I thought women shouldn’t play professional football, or that nobody should be watching it: I suppose that I was trying to articulate that I thought it was an example of the increasing trend in trying to hold two political, social or cultural positions at once – and I failed miserably. As you can see from this video my friend sent me to watch, women’s football has a rich, dark, rather shameful history, and I was utterly wrong to be so dismissive of it.

Having said that, regarding this evenings England Vs Wales match, I hope it’s all right for me to exclaim, ‘Come on England!’