Cat sitting in Brighton UK

Blackie, Spitalfields Market Cat

“Blackie was no pet, she was a working animal who earned her keep killing rats. Underneath the market were vaults to store fresh produce, which had to be sold within three days – formalised as first, second and third day prices – with each day’s price struck at two in the morning. But the traders often forgot about the fruit and vegetables down in the basement and it hung around more than three days, and with the spillage on the road which local residents and the homeless came to scavenge, it caused the entire market to become a magnet for vermin, running through the streets and into the labyrinth beneath the buildings.”With World Cup fever firmly gripping all football fans, alongside the plethora of football stats, predictions, squad updates, opinions and the like being on hand 24/7, I felt it appropriate to offer some light relief in the form of some good old Footballblether.com nostalgia.

France 1998

The first World Cup which I really remember was France 98, so that is where this nostalgic overview will begin. The home nation were the victors in this tournament, albeit without really possessing a recognised striker, or goal poaching striker at least, in the squad (this was when Thierry Henry was still seen as a promising winger). They did have the genius of Zidane, as well as the brilliance of Thuram and organisation of Blanc which helped power Les Bleus through to victory.

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