In view of England’s humiliating ejection from the European Cup competition vide their defeat at the hands of Croatia, perhaps we should at last concede that we will never capture the former glories of the 1966 World Cup Team. We seem to forever fall back upon this great sporting achievement and bask in past glories; but let’s not forget that we’ve only won the cup once…a long time ago and our achievements in most other competitions is mediocre at best.

It was with some interest then that I read of the planned inauguration of a Celtic Cup; so far Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed their willingness to participate, however, for some reason England has declined to participate causing the Republic of Ireland to be offered our place.

Now, I don’t know on what basis we were offered a place as we really aren’t a Celtic nation, unlike the others, but surely, we should have grasped this opportunity, as it’s perhaps one competition we could at least excel in!