Tuesday 31 July 2012

USA vs Korea (W)

Women's Football - Round 1 - Old Trafford 31st July 2012, Group G.
USA v DPR Korea
Fifth match at Old Trafford.
Women's football match at Old Trafford, defending Olympic champions United States play DPR Korea.
Abby Wambach scores only goal of game (25') to clinch a place in the Quarter Finals for United States.
They go on to play New Zealand on the 3rd August 2012, 14:30PM @ St James' Park, Newcastle.

FINAL MATCH SCORE - UNITED STATES 1 DPR KOREA 0

Monday 30 July 2012

Group A-D Updates

30th July 2012 - Group A-D update after two matches

Team GB top the group with one win and a draw.

Mexico lead the way in Group B, with one win and a draw.

Brazil top group C as expected.

Surprise leaders Japan head group D with two wins.


Sunday 29 July 2012

Gooaall !! BRZ

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C.
BRAZIL 3 BELARUS 1 Scored by Oscar (93')


Good run from Neymar, back heel to Oscar.
Oscar makes it three for Brazil.
Neymar makes two and scores one - what a performance!

FINAL MATCH SCORE - BRAZIL 3 BELARUS 1

Gooaall !! BRZ

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C.
BRAZIL 2 BELARUS 1 Scored by Neymar (65')

25 yards out, Neymar scores direct from free-kick.
Curling away from the keeper into the side of the net.
Made one, scored one - Brilliant strike!

Gooaall !! BRZ

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C.
BRAZIL 1 BELARUS 1 Scored by Alexandre Pato (15')


Neymar with a curling cross in from the left.
Great header by Pato.

Gooaall !! BEL

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C
BRAZIL 0 BELARUS 1 Scored by Renan Bardini Bressan (8')

Cross from right by Kozlov. Great Header by R B B!
Not great defending by Brazil.
Possible upset on the cards?

Brazil vs Belarus

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012.
Group C Match, BRAZIL v BELARUS

Fourth match at Old Trafford.
All eyes on Brazilian superstar Neymar.
Everyone's talking about this guy, the rising star of Brazilian football.
Next stop one of the European giants.
Could be a high scorer this one.

Gooaall !! EGP


Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C 
EGYPT 1 NEW ZEALAND 1 Scored by Mohamed Salah (40')



FINAL MATCH SCORE - EGYPT 1 NEW ZEALAND 1


Gooaall !! NZ

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012, Group C
EGYPT 0 NEW ZEALAND 1  Scored by Chris Wood (17')




Egypt vs New Zealand

Round 1 - Old Trafford 29th July 2012
Group C - Egypt v New Zealand

Third game at Old Trafford, 29th July 2012
Group C match - Egypt and New Zealand - 29th July 2012.
Ryan Nelson captains New Zealand, he plays for Spurs ex Blackburn.
Don't think this one will be a high scorer.


More Car Park Duty

Old Trafford 29th July 2012


Well I finished on 26th July doing car park duty at night.
Looks like I'm starting off the same in the car park again.
Nice BMW 3 series Olympic cars!

Friday 27 July 2012

Group A-D Updates

27th July 2012 - Group A-D updates after one match

Uruguay top group A after an impressive opening win.

Gabon lead group B, not for long though.

Brazil positioned exactly where we'd expect in group C.

Japan head group D, one of the favourites,Spain, in last place.







Thursday 26 July 2012

Car Park Duty

Old Trafford 26th July 2012 10:26pm


Now on IOC car park duty.

My view of the match

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


Managed to see a bit of the GB v Senegal  match.

Gooaall !! SEN

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
GB 1 SENEGAL 1 Scored by Konate (82')


FINAL MATCH SCORE - GB 1 SENEGAL 1


Gooaall !! GB

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
GB 1 SENEGAL 0 Scored by Bellamy (20')




GB v Senegal underway

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
Group A - GB vs Senegal
Great Britain vs Senegal now under-way.
Second match at Old Trafford.
Proud moment for WELSHMAN Ryan Giggs, captain of team GB.
His first International tournament.
Maybe we can win it!
COME ON!



Gooaall !! URU

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
UAE 1 URUGUAY 2 Scored by Loderio (56')


 FINAL MATCH SCORE - UAE 1 URUGUAY 2


Important job

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


Now I'm in charge of this lift door???

Gooaall !! URU

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
UAE 1 URUGUAY 1 Scored by Ramirez (42') - direct from free kick



Gooaall !! UAE

Round 1 - Old Trafford 26th July 2012
UAE 1 URUGUAY 0  Scored by Ismaeil Matar (23')



UAE vs Uruguay underway

Round 1 - Old Trafford - 26th July 2012
Group A - UAE vs Uruguay.


First game at Old Trafford.
United Arab Emirates and Uruguay about to kick off.
Anthems just playing now.
Getting exciting now - although too busy at the moment to watch.
Cavani and Suarez playing for Uruguay - should be good.
Uruguay could be a potential winner of the tournament.

He's still hoovering.

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


He's still Hoovering!!

On the pitch

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


 The Olympic Games Makers team responsible in look after the grass are on duty.

VIP Box

Old Trafford 26th July 2012



Who knows who'll be sitting there is 5 hrs time ... NOT me though!

TV Cameras are here!

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


Just a hunch but I think Lineker may be there!!!

Manic hoovering

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


Last minute hoover of the Olympic family box.

One day I'll get that job, I just need to work harder!

Problem with the goals?

Old Trafford 26th July 2012


4 hrs before kick off and I think they have a problem with the goals.

Maybe a ploy by the IOC to jazz up the game.

Still think GB with struggle to score though .

Tuesday 24 July 2012

Group A Teams

Group A Teams and Matches

Winner of Group A will play the Group B Runner Up in the Quarter Final, on Aug 4th 2012.