my FB feed was full of entertaining pix of friends watching that game in Croatia, Serbia and Albania. It's definitely a good way to get to know your host country
The first world cup I watched was 1990. When England made the semifinals my dad went nuts over it. I didn't see what a big deal it was because I had no other world cups to compare it to. It's sort of weird to think that the last time England did this well was before my voice had changed.
It's still knocked Pointless off the regular programming. Boo hiss!
This isn't the first time it's happened. During Euro 96 I remember the players getting very upset when the crowd applauded goalie David Seaman who had just arrived as a spectator.
This in reference to the first Tintin adventure ever published: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
I can't watch the game tonight, unfortunately... :-(
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Tue 10 Jul, 2018 05:18 am
Somewhere between #metoo and the world cup:
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POLICE PREPARE FOR SURGE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AROUND ENGLAND MATCHES
Research shows abuse increases when the England team plays a match
HARRIET HALL@@Harri_GraceTuesday 19 June 2018 13:58
Police forces across the country are preparing for a rise in domestic violence surrounding England’s World Cup games.
Research into the link between domestic abuse and the footballhas shown that reports of domestic abuse increase when the England team win or lose a football match and that the instances increase with every World Cup tournament.
The National Centre for Domestic Violence, the National Police Chiefs' Council and the BBC have all conducted research into the correlation, but the largest research into the topic came from Lancaster University in 2013, which analysed domestic violence figures from the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
The study, which focused only on Lancashire and was published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, reported that that instances of domestic violence rose by 38 per cent when the England team lost a game and by 26 per cent when the team won or drew.
Domestic violence incidents were 11 per cent higher the day after England played, whatever the outcome, and were at its highest at a weekend or when the team exited the tournament.
