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England invented football? I'm not disputing it, I just really don't know.
There are examples of ball games involving kicking before we turned it into a sport with rules, but yeah what we call football was invented in... the UK for sure, dunno if it's England or Scotland and can't be arsed to research.
At least a dozen other countries care about ice hockey, and rarely does anyone beat us at that either.
pfft at least a dozen nations qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Eggball is a great sport, much more fun to watch than soccer.
That's a matter of opinion, and yours is irrelevant.
To hear people talk I would have thought England expect to win every tournament, and more generally every sporting event the country is ever involved in. It's a level of arrogance the Americans would envy.
I dunno who you're listening to, but very few people expected us to do well this year. Yeah England fans are arrogant, but it's not really bourne out of expectation any more, rather just a consequence of dickheads consuming large amounts of alcohol. Sober Englishmen say we're doing well to get to the semis, pissed Englishmen sing It's Coming Home while telling anyone who will listen his opinion about Raheem Sterling.
To the people's credit though, they didn't turn on the team when they eventually lost this time. It's actually been a pretty refreshing show of graciousness compared to the usual whining and name-calling that typically happens when an England team goes out.
People are happy that we're finally playing good football, with a good team spirit. We've been so used to dross, playing an inferior style to our European rivals and constantly getting beaten by them, that people are happy with this World Cup, even though we could've and probably should've got to the final.
The downside is that there will be a lot more expectation at the Euros in 2 years, especially given the final is at Wembley. We should be aiming to build on our success this year and win the Euros. So that expectation is back. That's the downside of success, and this year has been a success.
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