A Great Way to Watch Football

Early days before the bigger
crowd arrived

Where were you for the 2008 World Cup final?  I was watching the game on a 14 inch TV with about 50 or so other people in a small village in Togo.

What about the 2011 Champions League final?  Once again, I watched it with 50 or so others on a small 14 inch TV, but this time in the small rural parish of Buyaya.

I was talking to the locals about the game and they said there was a beat-up old TV up the hill.  If I could provide the power, they could get the TV.

One enthusiastic lad bolted up the hill and returned an hour later with the TV.  I did some jiggery-pokery with the solar setup and Bam!  We were away!

Apparently some teams played and some goals were scored. All of which were purely secondary to the experience itself.

Where was I for the 2004 World Cup final?  Or the 2008 Champions League final?  No idea.  But I guess I was watching on some flat 40 inch flat-screen TV at someone's house.

*yawn*

Gimme a 14 inch screen and fifty or so Africans to watch the game with. Much more memorable and much more exciting.