Most Africans love football. During the world cup last year, many restaurants were packed with folk watching Togo, Ghana and Nigeria getting knocked out!

However, at ‘Maman Bénin’, a large restaurant in town, they regularly show British league football. Here’s their sign, taken a week or two back - maybe you remember some of these matches:

As many of you will know, I’m not a huge footy fan, so I’ve never been there to watch! I hope Aston Villa beat Liverpool, as my nephew Simon supports them. I don’t support any team, but when I was about six years old, I used to support Chelsea (because I liked the sound of the name) then a bit later I supported Leeds United (because it was the only complete team I had in my sticker book!!) Finally, I supported Spurs, because they won the FA cup twice in the early 80’s. How superficial!