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Confessions of a ‘polygamous’ football fan: France, Germany, Spain, I support them all
Most football fans stay devoted to one team for life, but the writer has three favourites at the World Cup. Of course, trophies can’t hurt.
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West Germany beat Argentina to win the 1990 World Cup, led by players like Andreas Brehme (left) and Lothar Matthaus.
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With the supersized 2026 edition of the World Cup now upon us, the other day, a colleague spoke of someone being a fan of the England team.
“When is football coming home?” I sniggered – I mean thought – as many long-suffering fans of the said country that invented football are wont to lament. The last – and only time – that England won the World Cup was in 1966, which is closer to the year that the Titanic sank (1912) than the 2026 World Cup, as an article in The Independent archly pointed out.