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Things in the Walker house were not good earlier in the week. Both the miniature heroes were ill - number one had a temperature that just hit 39 degrees and number two was feeling the pain of new fangs coming through. It meant Tuesday's trip to was a little too much for everyone.

Even though we were the only people on a boat that can hold about 200, the tour bloke still gave us the full spiel.

I now know there are 44 locks on the Thames and that there are over six miles of corridors in Windsor Castle. I could baffle you with additional castle-based facts, but I thought I would tell you about last week's trip to see .

To mark the fact that the sponsors were giving £1000 per goal and £500 for every shot on target last weekend to , we were invited to a one-on-one masterclass with the Bolton striker.

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I am writing this on the train to Manchester. I am accompanied by a small bag of salad gums, an iced bun and a banana (for health purposes).

I am on the way to get some goal scoring tips from Bolton's Kevin Davies for . You will be able to see me embarrass myself on Saturday's show and it will probably make an interesting blog for next week... as long as I don't disgrace myself.

This week I want to blog about another striker. Last Thursday I went to see at a World Cup launch event at Earls Court hosted by a World Cup sponsors. Hundreds of competition winners got the chance to see their hero and have their picture taken with the world cup.

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Is it possible to win someone over to the beautiful game by taking them to a single match?

A few weeks ago I decided to conduct my own experiment. I was on a week's holiday with family and friends, two of whom - Libby and Sophie - had never been to, or even watched, a football match. I decided to change all that.

Staying in a barn in , the two midweek games within striking distance were and . We chose Hillsborough.

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Hello everyone. I hope you enjoyed the programme on Saturday as we went on the road for the sixth time this season. was a little different to the other stadiums we have been to so far. You need two coloured wristbands and a high-visibility jacket before you can even make it to the toilets let alone the pitch.

I have got a bit of behind-the-scenes action for you later but I wanted to start with something I am getting increasingly worried about. I had a phone call this week from the podcast team who wanted to get my views on England's three problems positions: goalkeeper, left-back and Wayne Rooney's strike partner - if he needs one.

I don't think we need to worry too much about left-back if Ashley Cole is fit and Rooney could play up-front with and still shine. It's the keeper that concerns me. I know Capello went with Bobby Green against Egypt but my worry is that David James will be number one in South Africa. He's a fantastic keeper, but I can't help feeling history is going to repeat itself. Older stoppers have scuppered England's chances twice before.

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