Liverpool Goalkeeper Brad Jones is helping the Anthony Nolan Trust Save lives now!

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Top level goalkeeper for Liverpool Brad Jones has decided to turn his efforts to another sort of saving, but this time its lives not goal's!

Brad's son Luca was diagnosed with AML earlier this year and so now Brad, with the help of Luca's mum Dani, are getting ready to throw their efforts into supporting the Anthony Nolan Trust to recruit even more Bone Marrow Donors onto it's register.

Well done Brad and Dani for lending your support to this great charity.And best wishes to you Luca with your own bone marrow transplant scheduled for September :-)

To read the full story click HERE

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Holland beat Uruguay 3-2 in World Cup Semi Finals!

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Alright, so I am being a bit premature with my headline, but hey,positive thinking and all that :-). Lets just hope that the Dutch,unbeaten in 24 games now, give the Uruguay team a bloody good thrashing and avenge (is that too strong a word?) the awful travesty of their win over Ghana.

Anyway, I am going to go and stock up on beer and crisps, find an orange t-shirt and then enjoy watching what I am sure will be yet another display of Dutch courage :-)

Go,go Orange Army!

....wonder if i should have a flutter with the bookies on my predicted scoreline ?

Enjoy :-)

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Luis Suarez claims "The hand of god" title is now his!

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Last night I watched probably one of the best football matches of the World Cup Tournament that has been played so far, Ghana V's Uruguay.

I must admit though to feeling very sorry for Ghana's team when, after a fantastic and spirited display of footballing skill, they lost to Uruguay on penalties.

I know that "the beautiful game" is sadly marred by numerous bad decisions,and to some degree I guess that we have all come to expect the occasional cock up, but the way in which the "system" allowed Luis Suarez of the Uruguay team to blatantly prevent a goal by a deliberate handball, then,instead of allowing the goal (which was 100% guaranteed if not for the players hand !),they had to take a penalty....and Gyan hit the crossbar!.Don't dwell on it Gyan, it can happen to the best!.

After Uruguay's win Suarez was reportedly heard bragging that Maradona's 1986 "Hand of god" title was now his!......not a good advertisement for "fair play" in FIFA's world.

OK, so Ghana lost, but may I just say to the players,( if you happen to read this blog), that you DESERVED to win based on your passion, excellent playing skills and dedication. And Uruguay, you won in a very low and underhand manner, don't think for one minute that you should be proud of your achievement!.

The good news of course is that Uruguay now have to play Holland, and that match they will NOT WIN unless of course Uruguay decide to cheat and field a second "back up" goalie again!.

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Australian World Cup Squad goalkeepers son diagnosed with Leukaemia

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Last week, Brad Jones, one of the goalkeepers in the Australian squad, went home after his four-year-old son, Luca, was diagnosed with leukaemia. Jones said on Friday he would not be returning and Eugene Galekovic, of Adelaide United, was drafted in to replace the Middlesbrough goalkeeper.

I think Brad summed up the difference between his world cup dream and the crushing reality that many parents have to face when their child develops blood cancer when he said:

"The World Cup is irrelevant for me now,". "When I walked into the room and Luca smiled when he saw me, that was worth more than anything the World Cup could give me."

For more about this story click HERE to visit the Sky Sports Website.

We all hope that Luca's Leukaemia Journey is a good one, and that he will,in time, make a full recovery.Best of luck to Brad and his family in their fight.

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