Britannia Rules The Waves

Posted on June 25, 2006 by The Gaffer

sp14 Britannia Rules The WavesIt wasn’t pretty. They didn’t play the best, but the win was what was important.

How many times have we heard that this World Cup about England? But it’s true. The gutsy performance was what was needed to ease the England team through to the Quarter Finals of the biggest tournament in the world.

I watched the match with my mates at The Kings Head Pub in Sunrise, Florida. A packed-out crowd of approximately 50 people ate their traditional English breakfasts, downed several pints and joined me in ecstasy as Beckham scored that killer free kick in off the post.

I posted a few photographs from the pilgrimmage to The Kings Head here (sod it, but the battery ran out, so I wasn’t able to take as many snaps as I would like).

Portugal beckons at 11am Saturday, and Scolari’s men will be missing Deco and Costinha after being ejected in the rowdy Netherlands match. Cristiano Ronaldo is also doubtful. The luck, right now, seems to be going England’s way.

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Founder and publisher of EPL Talk, The Gaffer (aka Christopher Harris) is a journalist who has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian and several other publications as well as on NPR, BBC World, CBC, BBC Five Live, talkSPORT and beIN SPORT. Harris, who lives in Florida, has supported Swansea City since 1979. Harris launched EPL Talk in 2005. View all posts by The Gaffer →
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