I went to England’s last warm up game at Wembley on Monday, a strange day for an England game. Still it sold out. With both the Mexican and English fans in a party mood the atmosphere was great.

England won 3-1. A good result, but they missed the Chelsea players who were being rested. This made it difficult to see how the team is progressing. The World cup is only two weeks away now.

During the match, I took part in a record making event. With the exception of the Mexican part of the stadium, every seat in Wembley had a free t-shirt draped on it before the game. These were either red or white.

When everyone put them on, it made two huge England flags. With 80,000 people taking part this was a record. It must have cost at least £100,000.

the record

Almost Ready to Go

I’m getting ready to go to South Africa. Every day I do another job that brings the tournament that much closer. This week I have:

• Bought travel insurance
• Ordered travel money
• Bought an adaptor to fit South African power outlets
• Bored everyone I know with how soon I will be going away

We have been planning this since England qualified last October. This time in two weeks I will be in Cape Town watching the opening game. I am finding it hard to concentrate on anything.

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