David Platt puts England through to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup scoring a memorable volley in the very last minute of the Extra-Time
On 4 July 1990, in Turin’s Stadium of the Alps, Gazza cried, England lost and football changed forever.
This is the story Pete Davies witnessed first hand.
The players, the hooligans, the agents, the journalists, the fans – the full cast of football’s rowdy circus. For nine months he had access to the England squad and their manager, Bobby Robson, talking to them freely about their hopes, their fears, their methods and their lives.
What a great England football song, something a little bit different!
A tour of the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus which will be the England Team’s base during the World Cup in South Africa.
Check out the John Barnes rap in this classic England World Cup song by New Order.
As we get ready for the World Cup in South Africa we will be posting some classic England football clips on our playground! Check out this beauty from David Beckham, his free kick in injury time sent us to the 2002 World Cup. What a shame he is injured this time around!
Read more about the epic game on the bbc
Top bookie Paddy Power unveiled the world’s longest free-standing billboard today located on Cleeve Hill overlooking Cheltenham Racecourse.
The colossal Paddy Power sign is a staggering 270ft long eclipsing the previous world record holder which stood at 160ft long and also dwarfs the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.
As well as being the world’s longest sign, the giant Paddy Power sign stands at a mighty 50 feet in height – making it taller than three double-decker London buses stacked on top of each other.
Paddy Power himself said: “Cheltenham is the biggest and the best race meeting in the world so we wanted to build a monument to reflect and celebrate that. Everyone knows how much the Irish love Cheltenham, so we are delighted to finally have built them a sign to celebrate what many people call the Irish people’s second home in true Hollywood style.”
Paddy Power statistics:
• 270 feet long (82 metres)
• 50 feet high (15 metres)
• Almost 100 tonnes in total
• 60 man build crew
• 3 years in the making
• Over 1000 man hours to design and build
Landmarks dwarfed by the Paddy Power sign:
• At over 270ft wide that’s longer than the world’s largest free-standing billboard in Manila, Philippines (160ft)
• Taller and bigger than the Hollywood sign (45ft by 200ft)
• Longer than the famous Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset (180ft)
• At over 50ft high that’s taller than three double-decker London buses stacked on top of each other
Taking place on numerous occasions every year, The Severn Bore is an impressive tidal wave of water which works its way up the Severn Estuary over a distance of around 25 miles between Awre and Gloucester – attracting hosts of spectators, and scores of extreme sports enthusiasts, along the way.
The Severn Bore is caused by the tide from the Atlantic Ocean entering the Bristol Channel and forcing its way into the Severn Estuary, filtering into a narrow channel and causing the water to rise by anything up to 15 metres. The water reaches speeds of up to 20kmph as it nears Minsterworth and, as the width of the River Severn narrows, becomes held up causing the natural bore phenomenon.
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