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Hard to tell following yesterday’s match with the USA, we shall see. Although I love both Football and my Country, I must admit that I am no fan of watching the England Team which is best done from behind the sofa. I suppose if one starts from the position of accepting that they will always in the end, disappoint and fail to win any Tournament, one can tolerate seeing at just what stage they get eliminated.

My dear Pops was a great sports fan during his life and I once asked him whether in his opinion, it was more painful to watch Tim Henman or the England Football Team. He decided on balance, Henman as with 11 players on the pitch, there was always an outside chance that one could produce a magic moment. Yesterday the England goalkeeper made a blunder in the first half that was to gift the USA a draw but the real point was that the other 10 players weren’t good enough to score again in the second half and deliver a victory and it is that which doesn’t bode too well…