A warm fuzzy glow of wellbeing and bonhomie | World Cup Fiver

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As we watched joyous football fans smash up ambulances, thrash furniture stores of Swedish origin and jump through bus shelters on Saturday, The Fiver couldn’t help but bask in the warm fuzzy glow of wellbeing and bonhomie that has enveloped the country in the wake of England’s Ethics World Cup quarter-final win against Sweden. Goals from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli were enough to book Gareth Southgate’s side a semi-final berth against Croatia on Wednesday night, a state of affairs few saw coming when news that the waistcoat-wearing saint had got the England job was greeted by a nationwide shoulder-shrug and accompanying “meh!” less than two years ago.

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