Those t-shirts and my t-shirt

Day -622. WorldCup2018

Did you hear the story about the 4,000 t-shirts that the English FA planned to hand out to supporters at the England-Malta match next week but are now in the bin/garbage/trash (I never know who's reading this)? The t-shirts had a quote from Allardyce on his first day on the job: "The journey starts with us all pulling together."

As sad as I am about the FA's wasted money, I wonder if they, or The Telegraph's fake far east investors, or Allardyce himself (for being so greedy) will consider compensating me for the t-shirt I had printed for my fantasy trip to Wembley:
"Big Sam: Watch out! Norway nailed Ron! Iceland froze Roy! Malta will make you cross!"

I may even have to ask the FA for my money back for my flight and match ticket. A big part of the attraction was going to be watching Sam's nicotine gum chewing get more furious, the furrow on his brow get deeper, and the shouting at his players get more incomprehensible as Schembri of Boavista, Muscat of Arezzo and Mifsud of Valletta run rings around Stones of Manchester City and Smalling of Manchester United. Gareth Southgate may be a tad less easy to wind up, unless somebody mentioned a missed penalty.

Seeing as my crowdfunding comment the other day did not generate any positive response, the FA may not have to refund what was indeed just a fantasy trip. I'm still holding out that the Malta FA Wil choose to reward one of their top supporters with a trip to Wembley.

This has been played many times over since 1981 but since I mentioned it, it's an excuse to play this classic commentary moment again. I just can't wait for the Maltese equivalent of.