singemonkey wrote
England seem to have this curious attitude that any world cup that they didn't win is a world cup stolen from them. Despite the fact that they've only won one ever. And then they had George Best...
Actually Georgie played for Ireland. The '66 England team was pretty handy though, what with Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore and the Charlton brothers.
One theory is that England V Germany matches are blown out of all sensible proportion by the red top papers in both countries who then find their sales going through the roof. During the seemingly interminable dissection of England's loss it was suggested that certain elements of the press in each country actually co-conspire to pump up the hype.
