It has been 52 years since England won the world cup and football well and truly came
home.
Some of us are wondering if it will ever happen again.
As world cup fever has taken hold for another season and England have finally won a match…some
of us are starting to wonder…what if maybe, just maybe this tournament will be different.
Hello and welcome back to Life’s Biggest Questions.
I am your host, Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking What if England Won the World
Cup?
Mate, get Now That’s What I call footie anthems on….because I am SO READY.
Before we boot on into this video, I just want to ask you guys to crack a little thumbs
up on this video.
Thumbs up for the lads.
Meat pie.
Sausage Roll.
Come on England ….give us a goal!
Aheem.
So, July 15th 2018…England play in the final of the world cup tournament and they WIN.
The years of hurt are over and the three lions are finally brining football home.
There is no other way to put this….
English people would lose their shit.
They would go mental.
We heard in the news that Mexicans caused a tiny earthquake when they celebrated a goal
against Germany.
It would be more than small tremors if England won…
The island would jump!
The initial reaction would pretty much break the internet as 53 million people celebrated
such a long awaited win.
There would be joy, there would be tears as eyes were glued on the medal ceremony at the
Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
After the medals, comes the memes…and the gifs of the goal scoring.
Twitter world explode….
The British isles might explode!
Congratulations to the team would start pouring in from around the world, including from celebrities.
I wonder what El Pres would have to say.
There is a genuine possibility that British pubs would run out of beer and the part would
go on well into the early house of Monday morning.
There would be a lot of sore heads the next day and an unofficial day off as a load of
English people called in sick to work!
The unofficial holiday might then be followed by a national holiday some days later if Old
Theresa May would allow it…..
It’s what the people would want.
The Queen would make a speech and those Saint Georges Flags would be proudly flown for the
first time in decades.
National landmarks would light up red and white in celebration, including the London
Eye and I assume, if we knew we were in the final, a few fireworks would be primed and
prepped for launch.
When the cup finally came home – there would be a victory parade across the country and
people would lose it round two.
We’re talking weeks of celebrations and revelry!
It wouldn’t be just England fans in England celebrating, either…
I for one don’t live there anymore and am among one of millions of expats across the
world.
We would be having our own parties across the globe, wishing we were back in the mother
country to revel with our countrymen.
There would be commemorative merch a plenty – people would have t-shirts, mugs, football
shirts, boots, posters, you name it….the 15th July 2018 will be plastered everywhere
and the economy would see a great boost from the win.
Some avid fans will even get tattoos of the date, or maybe even the players faces to commemorate
the historical event.
There would likely also be a rise in babies named Harry, Raheem, Kyle, Jesse, Jamie, Danny,
Dele and more!
Let’s talk more about those boys, shall we…
the team…the ladz.
They would be instant legends.
Captain, Harry Kane might expect a knighthood, but at the very least, there would be or an
onslaught of OBES.
There might be statues of the men in their home towns.
The defending champions used to get automatic qualification for the next world cup tournament,
but that is no longer the case.
While England would be present at the Quatar 22 cup ceremony, they would need to qualify
to defend their title.
They would, however automatically qualify for the 20121 Fifa Confederations Cup.
So…It might not actually all be beer gardens and enthusiastic flag waving…there is a
lot of emotion involved with supporting a football team, as well as a lot of bad decision
making when alcohol is involved.
Hopefully an England win wouldn’t be met with violence, however groups of thugs like
the Russian Ultras have already threatened English fans.
We can only speculate who might be in the final with England, but hopefully the support
for both teams wouldn’t clash.
England supporters don’t have the best track record when it comes to keeping the peace.
Back home, too, hopefully the many pints of beer swilled wont equate to smashed glasses
and bloodied noses, but there would likely be some chaos.
Finally winning the world cup would mean Replayz for dayz..or decades more accurately – whoever
commentated on the match will be immortalized in video history as the winning goals and
enthusiastic announcements are rolled out at each international tournament.
There would be TV documentaries, there would be think pieces in news papers.
England will finally be more than a one hit wonder.
Two wins…finally.
This may change our mental attitude towards the beautiful game… our losing streak has
been so long that we have mentally resigned ourselves to being losers.
Hopefully it would inspire the nation and a whole new generation that English football
can be great again.
So there we have it.
That is what I think would happen if England won the world cup.
I would be absolutely thrilled to see it happen…
all of us under the age of 52 have waited our whole lives for a slice of English Football
glory!
Get me a Theakstons Old Pequliar, some chips with curry sauce….I am ready for it.
Let me know if you want England to win, and if not, who you think will win the 2018 world
cup.
Anyone gonna be at Qatar 2022?
For our North and Central American mates, are you excited to host the 2026 World cup!
I hope I will still be living here then, because I am pumped!
Make sure you guys leave a thumbs up on this video and hit that notification bell to stay
up to date with big answers I am your host Rebecca Felgate, I’ll catch
you in the next video….
But between then, stay curious, stay alert, keep those flags flying and never ever stop
questioning!