World Cup fever is warming up and after four years of shivering outside in the footballing wilderness England fans have finally got something to shout about.

As the skies drizzle and the barbeques sizzle, the nation will be collectively glued to its TV sets, watching anxiously as the boys try to bring the World Cup trophy back home for the first time in 54 years. Viewers in Scotland meanwhile will be enjoying repeats of Taggart (just a joke guys, just a joke…)

There’s little doubt that England make their way to the World Cup finals in the best shape for many a year. Experts across Europe are, for the first time in a long time, putting England up as one of the four big teams capable of actually winning the tournament.

And while we have all been here before, and know to take the inevitable media hype with a pinch of salt, there’s no doubting that we have a team that’s looking more solid defensively than at perhaps anytime since the days when the old Arsenal back four nearly got us to the Euro 96 finals. And you can rest assured that Fabio Capello will be practising penalties this time.

Meanwhile, in attack, we have one the most feared strikers in the world, and if Crouchy gets injured we’ve even got that Wayne Rooney fella to take his place. Yes, things are looking very good indeed.

Sky will be offering viewers full analysis from their own Cape Town studio while any of you lucky enough to have a Sky+HD box will be able to catch every pass, shot and breathtaking-act-of-suicidal-stupidity in full high definition for the first time ever. Summer has never been more welcome.

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