Well that felt good. Nice. Satisfying. Refreshing. WE BEAT THE FUCKING GERMANS!!!!!

In an incredible turn around of the norm, an amazing suspension of reality, an outstandingly unusual event, which happens in nature with the regularity and frequency of the Cretaceous Extinction, (when the dinosaurs died), England beat Germany in the knockout stages of an international competition.

Yes, for the first time since 1966, WE BEAT THE FUCKING GERMANS!!!!!!

HARRY KANE 1, ADOLPH HITLER 0.

That wasn’t the scoreline, just the overriding emotion. And it was emotional. Winning big matches is always so, but that baggage, those horrible memories of defeats past of penalty shoot-outs gone wrong, of just doing well in tournaments ‘until we meet the Germans’, made last night especially sweet.

England, my England…

We did meet the Germans and then we won. To progress. To the quarter finals where we meet Ukraine. A nation, like America, who elected a comedian as its president. But unlike Trump, Ukraine’s was a real comedian, rather than a mere laughing stock. The nation deserves respect just for that alone.

But heh, I’m getting ahead of myself. Ukraine, then who? Italy? Belgium? But we need, like the team, to take it ‘one game at a time’. I’m focussing all my fan-ness and supportivity on Ukraine. Thinking too far ahead gives you further to fall when it all goes wrong (Spurs fan Help Book, page 3). So I’ll leave the hyperbole and the incessantly annoying ‘WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY!!!!’s to the pundits.

The team were collectively good. Harry Kane was probably the worst-performing on the night, but then scored a goal and rose instantly to man-of-the-match. Which is a bit annoying as I actually had to spend time admiring scumbags like Jack Grealish, who changed the game pretty much instantly, and Kyle Walker, who was outstanding. Thought the real man of the match was Jordan Pickford in goal.

So now we have it. England are in the Euros and I’m finally on board. I have a red-and-white cross of St George on my face and its staying TIL THE END!!!! Ok, its only metaphorical currently, but if we win on Saturday????

Official, national, Happy Wednesday

A xxxx