[Lord Snooty]

The magic of Mexico 1970 will never be beaten for me. The 1966 event passed me by. No idea what I was doing that summer, but it wasn't watching football.

But by 1970, I was the biggest football fan on the planet. Just couldn't get enough of it as a 9 year old. Got all the Esso coins, all the Panini stickers (if it was Panini back then) and being allowed to stay up late to watch the matches live, with the crackly sound of David Coleman and Kenneth Wolstenholme commentating via satellite was fantastic. Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks and Bobby Charlton were heroes.

I really don't like international football these days and think it's a shame how the money and corruption has spoiled it. Obviously growing old and cynical has something to do with the magic not being there anymore. There me be nine year olds now as excited as I was. Who knows.

I am looking forward to watching the Wales games. Couldn't give a toss about the country of my birth now. I'm supporting the land of my grandfathers. Snooker player Mark Williams is a distant cousin, you know.

Come on Sorba. Let's have it.