England Fans Don’t Believe, They Just Hope…: “When I see England line up, when I see our motley crew of Cockneys, Scousers, Essex boys, Teessiders, Yorkshiremen, the long, the short and the tall, from all different kinds of backgrounds, it makes me feel good. Call it pride or patriotism if you want. I think it says something about our mongrel, compilation album of a country. And I want to see them win. Really, really badly.”

This Essex boy (and his dog) agrees.