Diary : HID Euro 2008

Jonathan Wilson's Diary - June 29, team of the tournament

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:22:00 +0000

Jonathan gives us a little insight into life as a football writer: they all gather around and discuss who's going to make the team of the tournament. Anyway, here's his...

Jonathan Wilson's Euro 2008 Diary: Weary Jonathan on the eve of the final

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:18:55 +0000

Our diarist is in need of fourty winks after a hectic tournament. Catch up with him on the last leg of his European voyage.

Jonathan Wilson's Diary June 27: In praise of Uefa ponchos, brittle brilliance and very good Spain

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:20:22 +0000

With the freshness of the new Euro powers gone, Jonathan Wilson is grateful for his mac as the tournament erupts into a famailiar finish.

Valencian drummer in Vienna wouldn't change for all the tea in China

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:38:58 +0000

Jonathan Wilson's cosmopolitan diary update from Vienna. Read his views on giant hailstones, Valencian drumming legends and moronic football fans of all nations.

World Record Billboard at Euro 2008 - Betfair has Guinness World Record with biggest-ever advert

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:13:35 +0000

British online betting company Betfair have been ploughing their efforts into catching the eye of football fans flying into Vienna for the closing stages of Euro 2008 - by growing the world's biggest ever billboard.

The "expertise" of Steve McClaren and Berti Vogts

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:45:41 +0000

Jonathan Wilson was bemused enough to hear Steve McClaren being described as an "expert"... until he heard that Berti Vogts was as well. Jonathan takes the opportunity to consider Vogts' career and throws in a few anecdotes about the man they once called "McVogts"...

The two sides to Vienna and 14-man Turkey

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:35:32 +0000

Jonathan Wilson talks downtown Vienna, subterranean communities, Schweinsteiger's preferential treatment and Faith Therim's selection problems

Bureaucracy, narcissistic fans and Italy's exit

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:34:07 +0000

Jonathan Wilson updates us with his latest movements at Euro 2008

'Arshavin The Unplayable' lifts Russia to rare heights

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:00:41 +0000

Russian football expert and enthusiast Jonathan Wilson on the Arshavin-led conquering of the Dutch

Hiddink's Russia show a shift in eastern European football power

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:10:23 +0000

Russia supplied just two of the first XI in the Euro 88 final, there are a few more than that in Jonathan Wilson's fantasy Soviet Union first team

Hats off to the mullets

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:40:47 +0000

Jonathan Wilson is relieved to find some ridiculous haircuts and wonders if the next Chelsea manager is developing a turnip complex.

Will you please be quiet about Ron... please?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:40:49 +0000

Speculation ahead of tonight's quarter-final is hardly total football but Jonathan Wilson's mouth is already watering over the prospect of an attacking feast on Saturday.

Bern is the capital of Holland but there's no bating the natives

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:53:25 +0000

Our man in the Bern pit cautions that, while the Dutch have maintained momentum, only one nation have managed to win every game since 1980. And look what happened to them last night...

Decision day for France and Italy

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:22:54 +0000

There may be no day and no night for Jonathan Wilson but a date with destiny is dawning in the group of death.

A very noisy championship

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:49:55 +0000

Wild Turkish delight, 26 trucks of turf, four hours sleep: the omens for German victory are gathering with the rain clouds, says Jonathan Wilson.