English hooligans, aka the dogs that didn't bark

"Send us a copy of the Taipei Times [by e-mail] would you? I get a bit nervous in the morning, me wife says, if I don't get me copy."

On returning to my lodgings for the night, the Takasho Capsule Hotel, I was told by the owner Mr. Takasho that the World Cup had brought business and no bother at all.

"I have put the fans from different countries on different floors," he confided. "The English are on the fourth floor and the Brazilians are on the fifth.

"I thought it was a sensible precaution, but actually they all seem to know each other and there has been no trouble. I have been pleasantly surprised."