Are absolute trash, Sweden were just another poor side that got placed in front of a very average England team, Tunisia, Panama, Columbia and Sweden.
You met 1 decent team and they pumped you, in first gear.
Luck of the draw and nothing else has gotten England so far, and the luck will run dry soon.
England
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Cheers pal
Anything from here on in is nothing short of miraculous for a team playing two right backs and one centre mid! The quality may be lacking at times, but it's the best I and many others in this country have had it when it comes to international football.
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it's not miraculous, it's lucky pure luck and nothing else.
It's ok to be lucky
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FFS woke up and saw this article.
Think Football was invented in Scotland all the evidence points to it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15348386
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/new-book-claims-football-invented-12497511
So I hope when 'it comes home', you English drop off the trophy in Scotland.
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Nice try but no. References to early styles of football in England date back further than that.
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What references?
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The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II. Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command and forbid on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future".
Source: Birley, Derek (1993). Sport and the Making of Britain, page 32. Manchester University Press.
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Wikipedia. Pfft
Try this
https://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-soccer-football.htm
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You can't just dismiss Wikipedia if it's using genuine outside sources.
And the Chinese claim to have invented pretty much everything so they can be ignored!
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Ah. So learned sources don’t suit your wildly inaccurate statement.
Yes I get that 😂😂😂
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Right back at ya, pal...
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Good. Then you’ll recognise that both were from learned sources yet mine pre dates yours by centuries.
Meaning England didn’t have the earliest claim.
Glad that’s settled. Enjoy the rest of your WC campaign. 👍
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And then you can recognise that the quotes were in reference to the initial claim of Scotland inventing football, and nothing to do with the initial invention of any sport involving objects kicked around by teams, of which there have been numerous examples through the millennia. Making the point moot.
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So you just admitted Football is not an English game.
Congratulations on seeing the facts as they are.
Now tell me how this french created swiss operate competition is English?
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'Cause the rules are ours and, soon, the trophy will be, too.
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comment by The Real Original and Best of Captain Spauldi... (U21721)
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comment by $ka (U3522)
posted 1 minute ago
Cheers pal
Anything from here on in is nothing short of miraculous for a team playing two right backs and one centre mid! The quality may be lacking at times, but it's the best I and many others in this country have had it when it comes to international football.
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it's not miraculous, it's lucky pure luck and nothing else.
It's ok to be lucky
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And I think miraculous is a few levels above lucky on the incredulity charts but if you want to keep using that word then so be it.
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comment by $ka (U3522)
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Cheers pal
Anything from here on in is nothing short of miraculous for a team playing two right backs and one centre mid! The quality may be lacking at times, but it's the best I and many others in this country have had it when it comes to international football.
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it's not miraculous, it's lucky pure luck and nothing else.
It's ok to be lucky
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And I think miraculous is a few levels above lucky on the incredulity charts but if you want to keep using that word then so be it.
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Explain the miracle involved?
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If it can be explained, it's no longer a miracle.
At least, that's what the Pope said, right?
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