I suppose you're dying to know what I do in my spare time. A lot of loafing, my wife says. But I do have occasional spurts of activity, one of which is captured for posterity. What am I doing? Tentatively trying out a long-distance A-movement operation in the Sahara desert. (For those of you not familiar with contemporary syntax jargon, I should point out that A-movement is a conventional abbreviation of Andrew-movement.) Why did I keep my shoes on? Well, you try plunging delicate European feet into the blistering heat of the Saharan sand... And anyway, you'll no doubt remember that I used to wear gloves to protect my extremities when driving my Jeep at 4 years of age! (See the section on my childhood years). And my hobbies? Well, watching football, talking about football and listening to other people talking about football.
Now here's a difficult question for all you football fans. Which national team's strip am I wearing in the photo on the front page of my Web-site? Need a clue? Well, the photo was taken shortly after they'd beaten Gambia to qualify for the next World Cup. (OK, so maybe they had a teeny weeny bit of help from the referee, who sent off two Gambian players.) Need another clue? OK, then -- they made a bid to host the 2006 World Cup. Still not got it? Well, here's a visual clue -- a photo of me with their best known player. Don't tell me you don't recognise him! What! You don't recognise the great, the immortal, the legendary, the one and only Mustafa Hadji?! And you dare to call yourself a football fan?!