blockbuster match against the holders on saturday. we know the support they were from fans inside the stadium last night. millions watching up and down the country. how where your nerves last night? prayers and pints on the sabbath. and a feeling at the camden beer hall in north london that this could be a super sunday. i think we ll win 2 0. i think it s going to be 2 1 to england. i think 4 0 england. i m hoping it s a big win from england today. penistone church football club in barnsley was packed. local lad john stones played here as a schoolboy. tom knew him, and is now a coach. i m nervous, i m excited, but i think we ll do all right. for the first half hour, talk of an easy england win seemed a little misplaced. senegal having several chances. but, after 38 minutes, jordan henderson struck
bells at one point, some of them wearing christmas hats, and in this, the first world cup to be staged in the first world cup to be staged in the winter, many back home will be thinking just perhaps this england side could deliver an early christmas present, as tim muffett reports. prayers and pints on the sabbath. and a feeling at the camden beer hall in north london that this could be a super sunday. i think we ll win 2 0. i think it s going to be 2 1 to england. i think 4 0 england. i m hoping it s a big win from england today. penistone church football club in barnsley was packed. local lad john stones played here as a schoolboy. tom knew him, and is now a coach. i m nervous, i m excited, but i think we ll do all right. for the first half hour, talk of an easy england win seemed a little misplaced. senegal having several chances. but, after 38 minutes,
i think 4 0 england. i m hoping it s a big win from england today. penistone church football club in barnsley was packed. local lad john stones played here as a schoolboy. tom knew him, and is now a coach. i m nervous, i m excited, but i think we ll do all right. for the first half hour, talk of an easy england win seemed a little misplaced. senegal having several chances. but, after 38 minutes, jordan henderson struck and england erupted. cheering. this was the halo nightclub in bournemouth. cheering. the boxpark in wembley. cheering. the stack in seaburn in sunderland. cheering.
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John Stones, in a small village in the Pennine hills, a quiet and bright child who had the potential to become a professional swimmer, but who only ever wanted to play football.
A young Kalvin Phillips (2nd left) with teachers (left to right) Karen Loney, Carol Newton and Pauline Hearn at Whingate Primary School.
Kyle Walker, in Sheffield, a “skinny” boy whose teachers had watched him grow into his athletic prowess. Harry Maguire, in Mosborough, whose older brothers also had showed significant talent.
And Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who had beamed with shy pride when his former PE teacher Rich Mintoft surprised him with a photo album from his days at the Steel City’s Forge Valley School.