LOL, I was expecting not to get any of the jokes in that as footie isn't quite my cup of earl grey but that all seems amusingly plausible.
I remember the last time we got within a few games of winning some cup or other and the change that came over the country was palapable and amazing. There were street parties and hugging and villages where no one knew their neighbours had barbies on the green - music and laughter everywhere, even Martin Amis was on the news saying how overcome he was at the hope in national consciousness. Of course, we lost the next game and it was back to usual.... l....
