The England Obituary, Part 3: “Ha Ha Ha!”, Or “Bloody Hell!”?

In the third part of our brief series on England at the 2010 World Cup, Mark Murphy reports on his four-yearly bout of schadenfreude and how England at least managed to give some people a degree of pleasure this summer.

The most virulent Scottish nationalists may want 27th June declared a public holiday after England's World Cup exit in Bloemfontein – or, failing that, 18th June, the day of England's draw with Algeria.