03.26.05
England: 4 - N. Ireland: 0
Woohoo! We’ve just watched England thrash Northern Ireland 4 - 0 in one of the qualifying matches for the World Cup next year! This means England is firmly established as the leaders in their group at 13 points, with Poland trailing by 4, but with a game extra to play. Unfortunately Wales weren’t so fortunate this afternoon and were beaten 0 - 2 by Austria 
But they already won the grand slam in the recent Six Nations rugby tournament, so they’ve got some consolation with that.
Speaking of football, those of you who went to Awty might remember Stuart Holden (AKA “Shtuuuuu” by Brian, Bernardo, et al.). He recently came over to England to follow his dreams of becoming a professional footballer, and managed to get signed by Sunderland! He was up in Newcastle recently when he was attacked by a group of men, but the article doesn’t mention any particular motive for the attack. I’ve heard through the grapevine that Stu’s recovering from the attack, and should be back to playing football soon.
Hanne and I are still looking for an apartment, but we haven’t seen anything that particularly grabs our fancy, yet. T-minus 3 weeks until we’re out on the street! Bleh… I think we spoiled ourselves with this apartment, and now everything else just looks shabby. Is it that much to ask for an apartment that’s just as nice as this but costs less? What’s the world coming to?! Oh yeah, and we also saw an advert for this apartment in the local letting-agent’s paper, except now the rent has gone up to £850/month! I guess there’s no turning back now…
Ferdinand said,
March 26, 2005 at 9:01 pm
Woah, kudos to Stu. Too bad he got the crap beat out of him. He looks pretty banged up there. Let’s hope for a speedy recovery. Searching for apartments IS a pain the bum. I know all about it… we’re still struggling to find a new place. Anyway, good luck. BTW, Holland won too and is leading their group. Yay.