QPR enter the FIFA top 10

Sorry I forgot to say Iran nearly drew with Mexico which must put them about 9th in the world FIFA rankings and QPR beat Iran last July so that knocks Iran back to say 10 with Gary Waddock's Blue & White Army slotting in at 9. YOU R's!!!!!!!!!!

Please see photogaphic evidence

Also there is a quality panoramic picture of lovely Loftus Road so it won't be a wasted journey.

Oh What Joy - on a daily basis

The wallcharts are in place and the long awaited tournament is with us. Whilst all and sundry agonise over Sven's tactical nouse, I am just drinking in the joy of day after day of football, glamourous countries playing glamourous contries. Premier league and Football league players doing battle and who ever wins we are getting a real treat.

Just one thing though Ray Stubbs (oh and Mark Lawrenson, as ever) he does a really great job on snooker with Hazel Irving (her career really didn't dip after her denial of the holocaust) but when he is sat there with mogadon Mick McCarthy and the massively hyperactive Ian Dowie, he is really shown up as a bloke who really didn't quite make it Tranmere Rovers.

Least ways more later I'm off to fill in the scores from today and work out Sven's options for Thursday. Fiona Bruce feels 4-4-2 is just not working for him and Felicity Barr feels that Walcott was a huge gamble.

We all know that if we pick up that trophy the guy'll be a genius and we knew it all along. Fickle? Never!

NB Felicity Barr is currently 31 in Jules Lister all time top 32 favourite women chart

Christmas Come Early

Witness David Beckham's recent TV documentary and you can draw a line under any similarity between yourself and the world's most famous No 7, but when Beckham says that "waiting for the World Cup is like a child waiting for christmas" we can all echo some real sense of empathy. Yahoo!, McDonalds or Budweiser competition permitting I will be joining the majority of the world in watching the entire show on TV.

Three pointers for those who like to back their judgement with hard cash.

1. Greece Factor - pick a team that can genuinely upset the current world order. Gemany would be my bet, domestic scene deluged with non Germans, coach based in USA, Ballack the subject of envious stick, they are on home soil, they always do what is needed. Good at penalties too.

2. Pick a goal scorer who might not be in Berlin on the last day of the tournament - Pauleta is an absolute goal mine. He scores for fun in mediocre teams, his group matches include two unfancied countries with reputedly poor defences, Portugal's path to the the round of sixteen looks easier than anyone else's.

3. Check out the odds for a Steven Gerrard red card. Fifa love to introduce an element of "fun" into the refereeing directives at the earliest stage and Stevie is just the kind of wholehearted individual who falls foul of these petty bureaucrats.

Enjoy it when it comes.

I'm off to do a Yahoo! search for my nearest McDonalds or Budweiser oultet to see if I can prove myself to be not only a true fan but a lucky one.