Italy (I): Italian Majesty

Italy (I): Italian Majesty

By Simon Hughes I WAS IN ITALY during the 1990 World Cup. I was six years old and on holiday with my parents in Sardinia, cossetted up near Alghero: far away from the fun and games. I knew I liked football a lot by then. Liverpool had won the First Division...
SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

SORRY ROY, YOU CAN STICK YOUR ENGLAND

Steve Gerrard, Gerrard He slipped on his f***ing arse He gave it to Demba Ba Steve Gerrard, Gerrard. AND with that nifty little ditty, any conflicting feelings I had about England at this summer’s World Cup all but vanished. The last time that I actively wanted the...