When are we going to get excited about the World Cup? writes Henry Riley |
By Henry Riley
The soundest thing Donald Trump uttered this year, without a shadow of a doubt, was his view that ‘soccer’ should be correctly renamed as ‘football’.
England, Scotland (and hopefully Wales) are already one-nil up before kick off with the US President's assertion.
And I, for one, cannot wait for June.
Admittedly, as a Three Lions fan, I’m blessed with the slightly more palatable start times of 9 and 10pm for the group games. Spare a thought, though, for the Tartan Army who have two 11pm kick offs,........