The Beautiful Game

I’m going on holiday. To Spain. And Belgium. But mostly Spain. Barcelona – or thereabouts – to be precise, so I will obviously be paying homage to the cathedral of football that is Camp Nou and any other footballing hotspots that I can find.

All of which means that the blog will be out of action until mid-July, when I will return for pre-season blogging.

The Beautiful Game is now five months old, and this enforced break from blogging provides a convenient opportunity to accumulate some feedback. So whether you’re a regular visitor or a first-timer, drop me a comment to let me know how you think the site can be improved. Or just give me some random abuse, which is always amusing to read.

I’m already planning to embed YouTube videos on the blog, which will remove the troublesome necessity of having to navigate away from the site every time you want to watch a video.

Until July, then. Here’s hoping that David Beckham signs off at Real Madrid with a La Liga winner’s medal around his neck, and here’s to a marvellous summer.

I leave you with highlights from Portugal Under-21s’ demolition of Israel last night. Shame they haven’t qualified for the semi-finals, but with the talent at their disposal, the future is looking bright. And in the performance of Nani, the future is looking pretty bright for Man United too…