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09 December 2010 / Jennifer James
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Taking it on the chin

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Jennifer James witnesses English disappointment, even before a ball is kicked

The Insider was disappointed when the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia, beating England who got just two votes (one of those from England’s FA Chairman, Geoff Thompson) and went out in the first round. Bit like their performance in South Africa earlier this year, f’nar, f’nar!

Many of the papers had fairly coruscating headlines regarding our Muscovite friends; we lost to a country ruled by crooks, thugs and spies (Daily Mail), the bid was killed off by the media (an interesting take from The Sun), and Clock the Vuvuzelas on Olga!!! on page 3 of The Daily Star. OK I made up the last one. Maybe as well as the timing of Panorama’s exposé into alleged FIFA corruption was part of the problem that it was an England bid and not a UK bid?

Our friends in the North

The Scots love football, although its nickname “the religion” in the North has more than a little to do with the

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