Hurrah for super, special, Sunday soccer-day

April 16th, 2008 admin Posted in News |

It’s super soccer Sunday! It’s super soccer Sunday! In addition to being Easter (oestrogen? Oh yes, it’s all to do with eggs) the celebration of Christ’s resurrection and the rebirth of nature itself through the sexiest of the seasons - spring, Manchester United play on-form Liverpool and Chelsea take on the Gunners at the Bridge.

A toy shop round the corner from me in Hampstead has a sign in its window confirming its holiday opening times which reads: Good Friday 10am-3pm, Easter Sunday 10am-3pm, Holy Saturday 10pm-3pm. Holy Saturday? There is no Holy Saturday, it’s just Saturday, a Saturday like any other, Holy Saturday sounds like an exclamation made by Robin on discovering that Batman had only recruited him for weekend bumming. However Holy Saturday may be in the eyes of Hampstead’s toy shop owners it is as a child’s plaything compared to the divinity of Sky Sports’ super, special soccer Sunday.

Easter after all yearly shifts, being celebrated in March, February or April as God sees fit - I wouldn’t be surprised if suddenly we had to contend with a new Easter 2, “this time it’s personal” turning up mid-June. As a religious festival it is all too capricious, a whimsical affair obeying only the cosmic wandering of the moon. Whereas super, special, sugar free Sunday special soccer-day is a regulated occasion appearing at the behest of Sky, whenever they deign the event ought occur.

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