#World Cup 2022 – The Football tourist

Finally

So the World Cup is over and the final will go down as one of the greatest in history. When a player scores a World Cup Final hat-trick and still doesn’t win the title how could it not be right? For the first 80 minutes of the match though there was little sign of whatContinue reading “Finally”

Damn It!!

So that’s it then, England are out of the World Cup. I’m almost glad I wasn’t able to watch the match live now, but there was nothing joyous about working through it when I heard the result. There is no shame in losing 2-1 to France, the reigning World Champs, but to do so byContinue reading “Damn It!!”

Senegal Beaten, Bring On France

So that’s it then England are through to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup after beating Senegal 3-0, to set up a showdown with defending champions France in 6 days’ time. Except it wasn’t quite that easy for the Three Lions as Senegal came storming out of the traps and were dominant in theContinue reading “Senegal Beaten, Bring On France”

The Second String’s Second Half

England qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup, by beating Wales comprehensively tonight despite putting out a distinctly second-string team. Southgate decided to wring the changes for this final group game with Trippier, Mount, Sterling and Saka all given a rest. Kyle Walker and Jordan Henderson were the replacements behind the front lineContinue reading “The Second String’s Second Half”

Abysmal England Held By USA

England were back in action in Qatar tonight and, on the day the hosts were the first team eliminated, they had the opportunity to become the first team to qualify for the knockout rounds. All they had to do to achieve this glorious feat was defeat a USA team that had only managed to squeezeContinue reading “Abysmal England Held By USA”

Starting With Six Of The Best

England started their World Cup run today with a 6-goal destruction of Iran (20th in the FIFA world rankings). I watched this glorious opening act from a pub in Manchester from a place of minimal expectations for the team’s performance. The most I thought we could achieve was a last-minute winner given our recent NationsContinue reading “Starting With Six Of The Best”