Championship Play-Offs

my gorgeous niece Daisy - also a Watford fan

I have never been to the “New” Wembley – The Home of English Football, but unbelievably, my home town team Watford will play Crystal Palace there on Monday 27^th  to determine which team will play in the cash cow - the Premiership - in August. Indeed it is the most lucrative match in World football – worth around £120 million pounds.

I have been paid, there is a Bank Holiday in Ethiopia that week, and as Tin reminds me, "You're The Boss". I check out Ethiopian Airlines return trips and it’s not crazily expensive.

Watford have made hard work of it, dramatically failing to grab automatic promotion on the last day of the season, and then winning their semi-final in the most spectacular of circumstances against Leicester. It has not been conducive for my health.

Watford have been on the Premiership twice before lasting no longer than 10 months during each spell. It’s depressing losing most weekends, so i have mixed feelings about what promotion will bring.

My Football Team

Not only are my kids gorgeous, loving and respectful (at least to me), they also play a mean game of football.

Upper Primary PE teacher Miss Sanayit may be a real slack-ass and can often be seen teaching from a chair or perched on a wall, but she clearly enjoys taking our football team around Addis to play friendly matches against other schools. Maybe it’s because she often gets to enjoy free burgers on fixture day.

In our frst match we wipe Andinet 5 – 1 which is followed by a 7 – 0 drubbing of the Italian School. I am so proud of my players that i am happy to purchase them their own football kit. Someone stole their previous one form the Secondary campus last year. I incorporate the colours from the British flag and use the school logo for their badge. I think they look great!

 leading goal-scorer Dagmawi

The team then play a local derby against our neighbour’s, Ethio-Parents who field some Grade 8s, and we are narrowly defeated 1 – 0, which is then followed by a 3 – 1 defeat against St Joseph’s, despite leading 1 – 0 at half time. Unfortunately, there is clearly a touch of Watford FC about them.