There is a schism between players, manager and the team’s core fanbase but a win against Croatia may buy some goodwill
“These were the new horror days of a nation that was all played out, a nation of riot and yobbery, a nation with a ridiculous government, an economy in a tailspin – England, whatever the hell happened to England?”
There is probably some comfort to be found that these words were written three decades ago, coda to another epic tournament, another moment of cultural shift that seemed, at the time, to be oddly bound up with England football.
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/12/gareth-southgate-and-england-have-become-victims-of-the-blame-game under the title “Gareth Southgate and England have become victims of the blame game”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
