Just Football Crazy

‘Cry Liverpool’.

That was almost what was displayed on the big screen when Malcolm went to watch Crystal Palace play Liverpool live at our local cinema this week. 

Premier League football is very popular here, though most seem to support recent league champions such as Man City, Man United and Chelsea rather than Liverpool and ‘Crystal who?’.

 Two of the other UK mission  workers here support Liverpool so Malcolm, a Palace follower since a boy, went with them on Monday to see Liverpool try to get closer to becoming Premier League Champions. Liverpool were 3:0 up with just over 10 minutes to play, and then............

Cry 3 : 3 Liv

It’s sad seeing grown men cry.

At the end of the week Malcolm was asked to attend another football match as ‘Guest of Honour’. 

Dan, who is Laboratory manager at the hospital, had set up a football tournament as a way of encouraging boys and girls to take up a worth-while pastime rather than get into trouble through boredom. A team of professional coaches are visiting later in the year to teach the youngsters, and in preparation Dan and his friends arranged a local competition.

The ladies match ended in a 2:2 draw, with the girls beating the women 4:3 on penalties.

Seven teams took part in the boys’ competition with the finalists ‘The Bakers’ losing to ‘Trouble’ 4:0.

This week’s proverb from the BBC Africa web-site is from Zambia: “When your luck is out, even yesterday’s meal can burn you”