Socrates 5: Ghana v Uruguay

A big thank you to everyone that attended our fifth Socrates event at Mint Digital in London on Friday night. We hope you had a good time like we did, and that you'll do the decent thing and tell everyone about PickLive Football - the online football game that our fine sponsors produce for everyone's collective entertainment.

Undoubtedly the perfect accompaniment to all the footy-related chat and beer consumption was the World Cup quarter final between Ghana and Uruguay. You'll know about the thrilling events that unfolded by now, but here's a sound clip of the moment at Socrates 5 when Asamoah Gyan's penalty in the dying seconds of extra time hit the crossbar...

Warning: You might want to keep the volume on your PC or headphones down a bit...

Welcome aboard Kwaitoball

Our very own Mr Twofootedtackle Chris Nee is so excited about the forthcoming shenanigans in South Africa that he has launched a new World Cup blog.

It's called Kwaitoball and was launched yesterday amidst a huge media fanfare (he plugged it on Twitter and we retweeted it).

Anyhoo, why don't you get yourself over there now and feel free to congratulate/poor scorn on his efforts in person when you come along to Socrates next Wednesday.

What's that? You're not coming to Socrates? You are now. E-mail socrates[at]the-onion-bag[dot]com.

A warm welcome plus booze, food and football awaits you courtesy of our generous sponsor Football3s.

Venue details

"The Open Sauce"
Mint Digital
W125-127 Westminster Business Square
1 Durham Street
Vauxhall
London
SE11 5JH

Socrates - World Cup Fever

The timing for our football bloggers meet up couldn't be better. The first football bloggers meet up coincides with the World Cup Qualifiers. What better way to watch an England match than in the company of like minded footy folk? (unless you're not English of course).

Our sponsors Football3s will, no doubt, have one of the games on and there will be a chance to have a go on their real time fantasy game.

We are looking to open the doors at 7pm . Someone should be at the door for a little while to greet people and direct them to the bar.

In the meantime, please feel free to promote Socrates. Wear the badge with pride! Also, don't forget to link the Socrates blog to your own site.

12 Days until the finest minds in the Football blogosphere assemble.  Want to join us? E-mail socrates[at]the-onion-bag[dot]com.