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Originally Posted by Moejoe
England will be out in the first round (as usual)  And people in pubs all over the land will blame the ball, or the weather (always a good excuse) or the Argentinians even if we're not playing the Argentinians. |
That's a
little unfair on England - they haven't actually gone out in the first round for over 50 years (since 1958, in fact), although they have failed to qualify for the finals three times since then. In the last two tournaments they've reached the quarter finals, which isn't too shabby a performance
.