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- 9 Jun 06, 12:44 PM
HEATHROW - Here in the cavernous lounge of terminal one even those who are usually completely oblivious to football can't escape the World Cup.
I've seen shirts proudly worn by Trinidad and Tobago fans, French, Mexican, Brazil, Spanish in addition to hundreds of England looking nervously towards the boards from the pub to check there'll be in Frankfurt when they can still remember where they were going.
The police are here in force. Anyone under 40, British, with short hair and trainers (ie. me) are stopped and asked to show their passports, tickets and evidence of somewhere to stay. Others - a group of American lads for example - cheerfully admitted they had no idea what they'd be doing but coming from Baltimore rather than Bermondsey appears to make a huge difference.
Even in the blandest place in the world, people look excited, people are ready to watch history. The elderly American woman giving flithy looks to anyone in a football shirt over her latte in Starbucks better find somewhere to hide for the next month.
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"Even in the blandest place in the world, people look excited, people are ready to watch history."
Very well said. Yes, this time, so many blogs and live online telecast are the things that have added a new falvor to World Cup 2006.
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Yes, the World Cup brings people from many countries together. I am just happy to see Australia and Trinidad and Tobago in the mix.
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