Football

[Scarlett]

Okay, I went to Sport section and I got scared so I came back here. I know nothing about football or the World cup, but I would like to know when it starts, and when our important games are on so I can try and watch the good ones.

Any ideas??

[Karen2005]

Hi Scarlett,

Go to the BBC site. That'll tell you all you need to know! The World Cup starts today, but England's first game is tomorrow at 2pm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/schedule/default.stm

Enjoy the footie!

[Keeprockin]

first game starts today..Costa rica -Germany. KO 5pm

Englands games are :10th against Paraguay.KO 2pm

15th against Trinidad & Tobago. KO 5pm

20th gainst sweden. KO 8pm

Hopefully there'll be more games to come,so get yourself down to the pub early

[Craig007]

Lol Scarlett. Don't be scared. Come and have a look at the World Cup section and if your feeling brave ask a question. It doesn't matter how silly it may sound we have plenty of regulars in there already who do that! :o)

[redcrx]

yey! England will be playing tomorrow! That means the shops will be empty!! hmm retail therapy or footy........I know what I shall be choosing lol

[mccfluff]

retail therapy i can't wait sat afternoon round the shops and no crowds, i can't wait!!!

[JudgeJ]

1. It starts today and (more importantly) finishes on July 9th

2. There is no such thing as an "important" football match for England or anybody else.

3. In any match of 90 minutes duration you might, just might, see 5 minutes of what could loosely pass as "excitement". International football (especially lengthy competitions like the World Cup) is notorious for producing a high number of low calibre matches. To try to forecast which, if any, of the 64 planned will be "good" is difficult to say the least.

4. Professional football is a tedious game with an unusually high preponderance of cheats amongst its participants.

The best idea is to avoid all this nonsense entirely.

[WendyS]

I have single-handedly just doomed England to early failure in the World Cup.

An England flag blew off the car in front of me and my car ran it over. A bad omen perhaps ??

[JudgeJ]

Did you break its metatarsal?