I thought about making a post with an A-Z of World Cup with A being for the Anyone but England campaign – the Celts childish revenge for the English having the gall to get to the finals while Scotland, Northern Ireland & Wales stumbled in the qualifying rounds.
But my motivation to fill the rest of the alphabet failed me, aside from interesting new additions to the footballing vocabulary like J for Jabulani and V for Vuvuzela the enterprise seemed too much of an effort.
So I will content myself with a tenuous musical link to the soccer showcase with T for Tinariwen, the amazing band from the southern Sahara who were fantastic in the pre-tournament Kick-Off concert. Forget Shakira’s wacky Waka-Waka routine and marvel at leader Ibrahim Ag Alhabib’s cool guitars and detached demeanour.
This is a man who is not interested in being a grinning moron for the occasion:
