England will play DrCongo tonight to reach the last 16 of this years world cup get through and we play Mexico. After a disapointing draw against Ghana kane Bellingham and Rashford are on fire again with the full country behind us. Our greatest footie Anthem is blaring out loud and proud in all the pubs and fan bases. If you have not heared it it is called Three Lions. Come on England bring it home.

You mean, They're coming home? :-)

Ah Yes, the world cup. A boon for all politicians. As their masses forget the disastrous governance of their respective leaders as they are glued to their flat screen TV's.

1 minute ago, Sigmund said:

Ah Yes, the world cup. A boon for all politicians. As their masses forget the disastrous governance of their respective leaders as they are glued to their flat screen TV's.

I agree that governance in the West is failing.

All the doom and gloom is forgotten about at kick, off Reality kicks back in if you lose.

Very slight chance of it coming home.

There are some better teams. 🏆

Not much interest in football, or sport in general, on this forum?

The game against DR Congo was great right to the very end.

Was a great game DR Congo are a good team with something like conceding only 1 goal in there last 15 games and there keeper kept them in the game. Englands defence is suspect and top teams will punish us but the only threat i see is France. So we go to the Aztecca Stadium to face Mexico where we can lay the Ghost of Maradona's infamouse Hand of God in 1986 World cup game in the same stadium. The three lions are still roaring Vindaloo time.

7 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Was a great game DR Congo are a good team with something like conceding only 1 goal in there last 15 games and there keeper kept them in the game. Englands defence is suspect and top teams will punish us but the only threat i see is France. So we go to the Aztecca Stadium to face Mexico where we can lay the Ghost of Maradona's infamouse Hand of God in 1986 World cup game in the same stadium. The three lions are still roaring Vindaloo time.

Good luck with sleep, hordes of people, cars, horns and fireworks all night long is await for the players

Doesn't seem like 60 years ago ...

I do Chickenslegs i was 9 when the World cup was won I'm now 68 lol.

Going to be a tough test, Mexico at the Azteca Stadium with the heat and the altitude.

If England pass this test then they are worthy to go all the way, I would like to think it could happen but who knows, anything can happen in these knockout games …. the Portugal game was a good example. The doubtful penalty and the Croatia offside helped them big time !!

2 hours ago, Jethro Tull said:

Going to be a tough test, Mexico at the Azteca Stadium with the heat and the altitude.

If England pass this test then they are worthy to go all the way, I would like to think it could happen but who knows, anything can happen in these knockout games …. the Portugal game was a good example. The doubtful penalty and the Croatia offside helped them big time !!

Agree, if we get past Mexico, on to Brazil which I believe we could win in Miami, then I expect Argentina to get to the Quarter Finals, that will be a challenge for the semi's, back in Atlanta.

The Final match is a shoe-in for France from the top half of the draw, with whoever gets there from the bottom half, perm anyone of the 3 mentioned, England, Mexico or Argentina, now from what I've seen its France's competition to lose as they do look outstanding, but you never know, time will tell. Come on ENGLAND.

2 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Agree, if we get past Mexico, on to Brazil which I believe we could win in Miami, then I expect Argentina to get to the Quarter Finals, that will be a challenge for the semi's, back in Atlanta.

The Final match is a shoe-in for France from the top half of the draw, with whoever gets there from the bottom half, perm anyone of the 3 mentioned, England, Mexico or Argentina, now from what I've seen its France's competition to lose as they do look outstanding, but you never know, time will tell. Come on ENGLAND.

On to Brazil? I hope not! Norway next if you get through

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

On to Brazil? I hope not! Norway next if you get through

Good luck, if the big fellow gets more ball than he did against Ivorians it would be a hell of a threat to Brazil, their defence is a bit suspect, and they've never beaten you yet, have they.

If England gets through, and you beat the Brazilians, we can reminisce about the 8-0 thrashing you got from England a few years ago, lol.

FIFA considered a time change for the England v Mexico kick off due to weather forecast bringing it back from 7.00 am to 1.00 am ( Thai time) Noon in Mexico City !!

Luckily, for us and the England team, FIFA did a u turn and it will go ahead at 7.00 am Thai time Monday.

EDIT: some of you might have preferred a late night kick off in a bar somewhere but my eyelids have pulled the shutters down well before 1 am.

Am firmly in the “ early to bed early to rise “ bracket now !!

Edited July 4Jul 4 by Jethro Tull

FIFA: It's rigged*🏆

Just like the Tooth fairy, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and the entire Republican party

Y'all didn't think they were playing a real sport, did ya. 😅

* Folarin Balogun is back in for the US. FIFA's decision stinks smells just as fresh and clean as Trump's diaperload

Edited July 5Jul 5 by SiSePuede419
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On 7/3/2026 at 9:31 PM, Jeff the Chef said:

Good luck, if the big fellow gets more ball than he did against Ivorians it would be a hell of a threat to Brazil, their defence is a bit suspect, and they've never beaten you yet, have they.

If England gets through, and you beat the Brazilians, we can reminisce about the 8-0 thrashing you got from England a few years ago, lol.

Norway did the job, now it is up to you guys!

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Norway did the job, now it is up to you guys!

Well done, Norway, cracking result, now it's up to England.

29 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Norway did the job, now it is up to you guys!

Just watched the highlights, Goalkeeper played a blinder, and Haarland is unreal, well done Norway.

Edited July 5Jul 5 by Jeff the Chef

That was a tense last 30 minutes 😰.

Norway next with the big fella who is going to be hard to stop !

But who knows, England did the deed against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium !!

Once went to the Azteca Stadium many moons ago !!

Was working in Toluca and the engineering manager took me on a rest day.

Unfortunately he had got the dates mixed up and there wasn’t a game on 😞

6 hours ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Just watched the highlights, Goalkeeper played a blinder, and Haarland is unreal, well done Norway.

Congratulations 🤗

40 minutes ago, Jethro Tull said:

That was a tense last 30 minutes 😰.

Norway next with the big fella who is going to be hard to stop !

But who knows, England did the deed against Mexico at the Azteca Stadium !!

Once went to the Azteca Stadium many moons ago !!

Was working in Toluca and the engineering manager took me on a rest day.

Unfortunately he had got the dates mixed up and there wasn’t a game on 😞

Statistically you guys got this! But, we will see

9 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Congratulations 🤗

Thanks, let's look forward to another good game, to be fair, after both teams last games, it will be who performs best on the day/night, should be a close one, good luck, but I want England to win, as I'm sure you'll want Norway to go through.

3 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Thanks, let's look forward to another good game, to be fair, after both teams last games, it will be who performs best on the day/night, should be a close one, good luck, but I want England to win, as I'm sure you'll want Norway to go through.

I believe we already won, but yes, you are right. Still happy England made it through and not Mexico. Well deserved from what I can read. Time to watch the highlights with a decent cup of coffee.

23 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

Thanks, let's look forward to another good game, to be fair, after both teams last games, it will be who performs best on the day/night, should be a close one, good luck, but I want England to win, as I'm sure you'll want Norway to go through.

Wow, I got goosebumps. Well deserved, and I think it is going to be a hell of a match, with England as favourites, at least with the bookmakers.

One red card, and still managing to bring the game home, that is an over-the-top performance at that altitude, and at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico. This is the best England team for decades, against the best Norwegian team ever.

3 hours ago, Hummin said:

Wow, I got goosebumps. Well deserved, and I think it is going to be a hell of a match, with England as favourites, at least with the bookmakers.

One red card, and still managing to bring the game home, that is an over-the-top performance at that altitude, and at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico. This is the best England team for decades, against the best Norwegian team ever.

One of the best performances I can remember since the 66 final, I was 13 at the time.

Still worried about our defence, but going forward with Bellingham and Kane I think we're as good as any of the teams left in it, Gordon was outstanding on the wing, and got us the penalty that Kane converted.

Going to be a tight match against the Norwegians.

5 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

One of the best performances I can remember since the 66 final, I was 13 at the time.

Still worried about our defence, but going forward with Bellingham and Kane I think we're as good as any of the teams left in it, Gordon was outstanding on the wing, and got us the penalty that Kane converted.

Going to be a tight match against the Norwegians.

Spain and France seem solid this year. Messi looks good, but… it will be tough at the end if going through to the semis. I do not fear Argentina, England is the better team this year, in my opinion.

On 7/6/2026 at 11:53 AM, Hummin said:

Spain and France seem solid this year. Messi looks good, but… it will be tough at the end if going through to the semis. I do not fear Argentina, England is the better team this year, in my opinion.

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On 7/6/2026 at 11:45 AM, Jeff the Chef said:

One of the best performances I can remember since the 66 final, I was 13 at the time.

Still worried about our defence, but going forward with Bellingham and Kane I think we're as good as any of the teams left in it, Gordon was outstanding on the wing, and got us the penalty that Kane converted.

Going to be a tight match against the Norwegians.

Argentina? Whoever goes through from our side will beat them. I have not been impressed by Argentina so far.

no chance.