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Grace on Football

The England Retrospective, Part 18

Gareth Southgate's... reckless abandon?

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Grace Robertson
Aug 11, 2021
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For the first time since I’d been following football, the press didn’t send any criticism England’s way after Croatia knocked them out of the 2018 World Cup.

“Heroes... we’re proud of you all” was the headline from the Daily Mirror. The Express went with “We lived the dream... thank you England”. The Star decided to go with “You did us proud”. I could go…

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