- From the “Remember When We Used To Qualify?” Archives: Euro ’92 Two adult Scotsmen from Renfrew, on a pristine lawn, in the sunshine. One on his hands and knees being dry-humped, doggy-style, by the other. Behind them, valiantly ignoring this advert for the perils of alcohol, a choir of virginal schoolchildren. In a bar up the road, an empty litre-and-a-half bottle of Imperial vodka.
- What We Miss: Memories from Euro 92 Two adult Scotsmen from Renfrew, on a pristine lawn, in the sunshine. One on his hands and knees being dry-humped, doggy-style, by the other. Behind them, valiantly ignoring this advert for the perils of alcohol, a choir of virginal schoolchildren. In a bar up the road, an empty litre-and-a-half bottle of Imperial vodka.
- Notes from Mrs Williamson Mr Williamson asked me to fill in for him this week. He’s very busy in Tokyo “working” i.e. hanging out at the Apple store, dining at Birdland (the best yakitori place on the planet) and shopping at my favorite Tokyo housewares store (Tokyu Hands) for a second toothpick holder for me so that I have […]
- The Worst Stadia in the World. That I’ve been to. Inspired by his visit to sports mad Melbourne, Billy continues his list of the best and worst stadia in the World. This week – The Worst: Wembley, London, England (What, did you really expect anything else?)
- Screw The Planet, I’m Off To Melbourne To See Franz Ferdinand Regular readers of this column should now by now that I live a globetrotting lifestyle, carbon emissions be damned. Last week it was London, this week it’s Melbourne to visit our pals Chris and Michelle and to see Franz Ferdinand live (they were superb).
- More Tales of a TA Gourmet: On Fast Food and Football Continuing last week’s culinary travelogue, I hope you appreciate the risks I have taken along the way – most notably a wonderful jalfrezi in a dirty curry house in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions which set a new record time through my intestine. It reappeared within four hours of the meal’s completion.
- Tales of a TA Gourmet: On Fast Food and Football Despite the fact I can barely boil an egg, I do like to think I appreciate a quality bit of grub, whether it’s fried soup dumplings from Yang’s in Shanghai ($1 for 6) or lunch at Le Bernardin in Manhattan (quite a bit more for 6 courses).
- The Ballad of John and Yokohama A few months ago Scotland lined up a friendly match in October against Japan – in Japan. Last week the venue was announced as Yokohama, and because Billy is in Japan right now, and because he loves you, he did some scouting this weekend.
