Is Group C of the Euro 2012 finals Croatia, Italy, Ireland and Spain the most catholic group in
international football tournament finals history? That thought occurred with the fourth team in two
of next summer's groups still to be drawn out and Italy's and England's balls still to be opened.
When Saturday Comes magazine asked the question of one of the 2002 World Cup finals groups – also
involving Italy and Croatia, alongside Mexico and Ecuador so it wasn't an original thought (when I
have one, I'll surely let you know).
Is Special 1 TV on the Beeb lacking something from its glorious past? It seems so, but perhaps
the premature loss with Setanta forced it to be romanticized in the eyes of some (guilty) and it's
always been the same.
It's worth another look while you determine which of your gifts to return and which to "pay
forward" in the form of "Thanks for removing an errand from my list of things to do, I'll give this
to someone else.
