So, I don’t know what you were up to last weekend, but I spent Sunday lunchtime yelling, screaming and jumping around in front of the TV. It’s okay, it wasn’t just me, my dad and my sister-in-law were there too, also acting in a way entirely unbefitting sensible grown up people. Why was this all happening? Football.
The team I’ve watched for pretty much my entire life, AFC Wimbledon, were playing in the FA Cup. After thirty seconds they were one-nil down. With ten minutes to go, they were losing three-nil. This explained a lot of the shouting. And then…
They scored. A minute later, two things happened – firstly, Wimbledon scored again, and secondly the jumping around began. The next minute, they equalised. Everyone in the house went crazy. Then, with eight-and-a-half seconds of the game remaining, Wimbledon scored the winner. We jumped on chairs and yelled with delight.
Watching football is, in many ways, a foolish way to pass your time. Every year I spend hours on end watching grown men boot a ball around a field, when I could be, I don’t know, painting my house or writing the Great American Novel, or maybe even marking books. But, as foolish pursuits go, you really can’t beat it for injecting a large dollop of joy into a grey December Sunday.
Is there anything else you like?
I like millions of different things, and I’m going to keep blogging about them over the year. This is partly because it’s good fun to write about things you like, and partly because I want to encourage people at Burlington to use the internet in a positive way.
I love minecraft!
I know how to change my name to Fahim
Good work (though you’re not Fahim yet)! I’ve talked to Mr Panesar about this, and we’re going to (hopefully) sort it out for everyone next lesson.
It sounds you had an amazing WEEKEND
My favourite local football team is AFC Wimbledon and I like Lyle Taylor.
How about you make a football arena in minecraft it sounds complicated but give it a try
Did your throat hurt after screaming that much?
When I was younger my voice would sometimes hurt a bit after too much shouting at football, but now I’m a teacher I have to look after it a bit better!
Wow, sounds like an exiting game! What is your favourite sport? My ones are basketball, swimming and cycling!
Do you like Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts? You wear a character’s scarf!
You’re right, my scarf does look a bit Harry Potter-ish, but it’s just a regular one from Debenhams. I like it because it reminds me of an old Doctor Who from when I was little.
Oh! Do you like Harry Potter? There is an online shop called Etsy that sells tonnes of Harry Potter stuff and Primark sells some too!
By the way, your scarf is from Fantastic beasts. The character that wears it is called Newt Scamander.