The Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Brazil v Chile, Colombia v Uruguay,...
Brazil 1 Chile 1 – Brazil win on penalties In the Elizabethan ‘Great Chain of Being’, there’s a place for everything and everything is in its place. God rules above all; Kings rule the rest of...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Germany v Algeria, Argentina v...
Germany 2 Algeria 1 Who knows what the problem was, but I only managed to get up at about 7:00, so I completely missed the first half of this game. The Algerians wanted revenge for 1982, but more than...
View ArticleAll Quiet on the Eastern Front: What happened to Eastern Europe at Brazil 2014?
Most people probably haven’t noticed, but something’s been missing from the second round stage of these World Cup finals. Those of us who grew up watching the World Cup tournaments of the ’80s and ’90s...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Germany v France, Brazil v Colombia
France 0 Germany 1 Because I somehow got roped into watching two episodes of the 1997 adventure series Conan the Adventurer – think Hercules or Xena, but with about 1/10th of the budget, awful plots...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Argentina v Belgium, Netherlands v...
Argentina 1 Belgium 0 Dear Mr Tyler, proselytising does not suit you, especially at 2:15 in the morning our time or whenever it was you decided to have a go at I think it was Javier Mascherano who was...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Brazil v Germany, Netherlands v Argentina
Brazil 1 Germany 7 It’s only on a Saturday morning, now three or four days after the event that I can make sense of the whole affair, my refusal or inability to write, or perhaps another bout of...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s World Cup Review: Brazil v Netherlands, Germany v Argentina
Brazil 0 Netherlands 3 I wake up at 3:00am in a foreign city in a foreign country – you’d perhaps call it Sydney, New South Wales – and make preparations to leave, knowing that if I stay here in my...
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How the World Cup led me to Miss Trans Star 2010 and rekindled my passion for...
What do I, the Socceroos, and Miss Trans Star 2010 all have in common? Apart from similar reproductive organs, perhaps not much. However, we all made an appearance at this year’s World Cup in some...
View ArticleHow to make time-wasting in football a thing of the past
Football has a time-wasting problem. I make this judgement on the basis that coaches, players and fans complain about both time-wasting and ineffective time-keeping in football (just Google “football...
View ArticleThe Heavy Sleeper’s 2014 World Cup Diary: Complete and Unabridged
One year ago today, the Shoot Farken website was launched. To celebrate the occasion we are proud to republish The Heavy Sleeper’s 2014 World Cup Diary. During the course of the 2014 World Cup Shoot...
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