The Guardian
11 min ·


Can further calamity befall the English? There we were on Monday night, willing the multicultural football team to provide some cheer amid political collapse, unleashed xenophobia and a tanking economy. Instead they lost 2-1 to tiny Iceland, in another ignominious exit from Europe.



We get the England football team we deserve
Decades of mismanagement and greed have caused huge damage to the game. No wonder the national squad is so reliably poor

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