Mark Palmer

Why I’m proud to have an England flag on my Audi

Let's drop the cynicism and support Roy Hodgson's England team

[Ben Radford /Allsport]
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World Cup fever has arrived. Every morning on the way to work, more little plastic flags of St George flutter from white vans or, in my case, from the window of our trusty Audi A6. Many of my fellow countrymen regard this footie orgy as wholly unnecessary — not me.

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