29 Signs That It Is The Summer

1) Thierry Henry is off to Barcelona.

2) You keep checking the internet to see if you've signed someone. You just did it now.

3) And again.

4) Thierry Henry is off to Real Madrid now.

5) ManYoo release a new kit.

6) Football pundits find themselves shoehorned into covering other sports.

7) As do football journalists. Quick, look busy.

8) Someone English is cheered all the way to the fourth round of Wimbledon

9) You end up knowing the names of half the footballers' agents in the Premier League.

10) Old pros are forced to play football as satellite TV desperately scrabbles around for material.

1) Spurs target a top-four finish.

12) Golf seems interesting.

13) Everyone gets excited waiting for the fixture list.

14) Everyone gets excited waiting for the fixture list. Ooh, we play every team twice! Once home and once away! I can't wait!

15) You try to convince yourself that the awful player linked with your club has just been misunderstood in the past.

16) And as for those players you've never heard of, well, best check their stats on Football Manager. That'll work.

17) Fernando Torres is linked with a move to the Premiership. (Note: In previous years, this role was regularly filled by Benni McCarthy).

18) You tell yourself staying up all night to watch the Copa America and MLS is normal.

19) It's Liverpool's year.

20) You suddenly realise you've got a wife and kids and that you haven't spoken to them for nine months. And they hate you.

21) You contemplate seeing if you can find your old Subbuteo set in the loft.

22) You persuade your family this year's holiday should be in Norway just so you can watch live football. Brann are top, you know, and Odd Grenland have only won once. Fascinating.

23) You persuade yourself the Intertoto Cup is really great.

24) You find yourself travelling 100 miles on a bus to watch the youth team's reserves playing a pre-season friendly.

25) You realise it's 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and you're holding your missus' bags in Top Shop. And even though she's trying to talk to you, all you're thinking is 'Ooh, I remember when Top Man used to sponsor Leeds'.

26) You love being top four or hate being in the relegation zone. Even though the league is entirely alphabetical.

27) You breathe a sigh of relief when you realise pre-season friendlies start in the first week of July. Because watching your out-of-shape side play Stevenage is just great, isn't it?

28) Newcastle sign 15 players. Only one of them is a defender.

29) You start to work out how many players it would take for your side to break into the Big Four. Then you think how great it would be if you somehow won your first ten games and managed to stay ahead of the rest and be in with a shout of the league.


from football365.com