Play The Football Pools - Euro 2008 Betting

The Football Pools don't only do the old Littlewoods Pools but games such as Premier 10 where you use your fantastic football knowledge to predict the outcome, home, draw or away, of the top 10 football fixtures.

They also do Footy Bets which are fixed odds games with prizes up to £2000 for a one off stake. They also do games based on the Lotto, the Spanish Lotto and the Irishs Lotto.

The Lotto is boring these days you want to get playing the English The Football Pools!

O.s. you get a Free £5 too when you register. Here's my picks for next weekend!

So a £1 could win me £9,193?? Giddy up!

Euro 2008 Football Kits Group A - To Preview & Buy

Here's a run through of all the kits you'll be seeing at the Euro 2008 tournament this June.

Group A
Czech Republic Home Shirt 2008/10
Puma may be coming back in to fashion (in certain areas of Feltham) but this is one of the most boring kits you'll find gracing a football pitch. It's got three pumas pouncing over the players' shoulders, it's a just a shame that most of the players are so slow they should have turtles emblazened on the shirt instead. There's the blue edging and highly detailed national emblem.

Rating: 6/10
Manufacturer: Puma
Buy from: Kitbag £39.99

Portugal Home 08 Shirt by Nike
Now the Potugal Home Shirt is more stylish in my mind, it's a retro-style football shirt. I don't know if it's just because its got the Nike swoosh on it that makes it look cool, or if its the fact that we'll see Ronaldo knock a few in whilst donning the national attire - but it's one of the best Euro 2008 football kits you'll find.

Rating: 8/10
Manufacturer: Nike
Buy from: £39.99
Kitbag - £39.99


Switzerland Home Shirt - 2008/10
So Puma couldn't be bothered to come up with a new design for Switzerland? It's the same as the Czech Football Shirt! Did they sit there and say "you know guys, I don't think we can improve of that shirt! We'll just copy it and put the Swiss badget on it!" A turd is still a turd! It's dreadful!

Rating: 6/10
Manufacturer: Puma
Buy From: Kitbag - £39.99
UKSoccerShop - £39.99

Turkey Home Shirt 2008/10
We're back in red. Group A is the group of blood. But the Turkish home shirt is a nice stylish shirt. I'm not sure what the white stripe is about, but at least it looks half-decent.

Rating: 7/10
Manufacturer: Nike
Buy From: Kitbag - £39.99
Subside Sports - £39.99

Raul Not In Spanish Squad

It looks like Raul won't be playing in Euro 2008 as he was apparently left off the list of 31 players due to be vaccinated to play in the tournament!

Vaccinated? I thought this was Euro 2008, not Back Of Beyond 2008! I thought Austria and Switzerland are two of the most cleanlinist countries on the face of the planet!

Adidas's "EUROPASS" Match Ball

Adidas have released the match ball for the Euro 2008 tournament and have called it the "EUROPASS" ball.

But don't you love marketing speak:

The adidas "EUROPASS" combines tradition with modernity. Its classic colouring - a white base colour with black dots - calls to mind the balls of bygone decades, yet its bonding with round dynamic elements in silver and red results in an innovative and very modern design which perfectly suits the host countries.

You've got to chuckle!

You're not going to believe the price though - a whopping £72.99 from JDSports. Buy and compare prices on the EuroPass Match Ball at Find4Me.

Domenech Bemoans Domestic Competition

The France Coach Raymond Domenech has said that he can't give a definitive squad list for the Euro 2008 Championships because after the May 18th date there is the Champion League final, the French Cup and the Italian Cup.

My view is that he should get real. Many of my team's players have been injured playing for their countries - including France. So I have absolutely no sympathy!

2.500 Foriegn Police To Aid Tournament Security

UEFA may be happy that England aren't playing in the Euro 2008 finals as they feel there'll be less trouble - but they're not taking any chances.

There will be 2,500 foriegn police helping with the tournament security. Germany are sending the vast bulk with 1,700, France 750, Croatia will provide 31, Poland 25, Sweden 15, Greece 12 and Russia and Spain 11 each.

I'm not sure how some of those nations can get away with donating so few! Perhaps it's because France and Germany are so close??

But watching how English fans are treated abroad - expecially in the Champion's League - I would have hoped for the foriegn fans to be protected by English police. I notice that there are no Italian poice going. I think this is because they don't have a clue about crowd safety!