The image of 'keeper Joe Hart lending a hand to the his team mates as they tried to level the match will stay with me for a very long time.
It was 2-1 to Uruguay and time was running out when out of the blue Joe ran the length of the pitch to get in the scrum in the hope of getting a goal.
Sadly, disappointingly,frustratingly it wasn't to be.
Saurez put the Uruguyans ahead then when Rooney equalized I had tremendous hope but Surez had other ideas, he scored again through an abysmal failure in the England defence.
From thence on the game descended into a battle to the death. It was then Joe, decked out in green, scrambled around like a man on fire giving everything he had.
Poor Joe. Poor the rest of them. And poor Roy Hodgson.
The papers are already  awash with speculation about his career as England coach. I think he's done a good job, not by winning everything but by being brave enough to launch into the spotlight the young men who, given time, might hold up the Jules Remy cup. 2018?



Am I mental to still believe?

We played well last night but not well enough but there's still the merest faintest hope lingering in the hearts of every true England fan..If, and it is a MIGHTY BIG if..

IF ITALY BEAT COSTA RICA TONIGHT 
and
IF ITALY BEAT URUGUAY NEXT TUESDAY
and
IF WE BEAT COSTA RICA ON THE SAME DAY, TUESDAY
we will go through.................