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To Win - 20% To Compete - 20% To Play - 20% For Fun - 40% For Health - 40%
I´m a Chelsea supporter and, getting in my defence early, I have been for 25 years. So the glory-hunter tag hardly fits. I was there when we were the Boys in Blue in Division Two. A keen footballer myself, I played for Nottingham Forest Boys as goalkeeper. However, being 5´2´´ at the time was a hindrance so I switched to full-back. Having now shot up to 6´´, I continue to play in defence for a team in Gran Canaris. We´re a vets´ team, but considering you´re a veteran over here when you turn 28, most of us have got a long time to go before we start contemplating hanging up our boots. I also cycle to keep fit. Competition drives me. I hate to lose, but try and keep Rooneyesque tantrums to a minimum if I do.

News in Football

Friday: World Cup draw worries ..

England will not be in the top seeds for Sunday's 2010 World Cup draw in Durban, as the BBC reports.

Looks like Steve McClaren still thinks he has something to offer English football, as The Telegraph reports his offer of assistance in taking the game forward. Strange, as many would think it's down to him that we have progressively ...

News in Chelsea FC

Friday: Davies left dangling ..

Could Chelsea nail the final coffin in Billy Davies's coffin this weekend as Avram Grant takes his Blues to Pride Park to face a forlorn Derby County.

He certainly didn't seem to be relishing the forthcoming contest with too much confidence as Setanta Sports confirms. Chelsea surely all set to clinch a fifth away win of the campaign .. ...


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Exiled

Living as I do now in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, I´m 700 miles away from the Spanish penisula and 50 away from the African continent. It doesn´t take Einstein-level intellect to work out that I´m at a significant disadvantage when it comes to commissioning than when I was back in London. However, I´ve just got to use my location to my advantage. Since I´ve been here I´ve enjoyed a week´s free tuition at a surf school in return for an arti...

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Attitude to sport:
win To Win - 20%
compete To Compete - 20%
play To Play - 20%
fun For Fun - 40%
health For Health - 40%