And Then There Were Eight: The Under-20 World Cup

Despite the fears that I, among others, expressed about England's fate in their Under-20s World Cup last-16 encounter with Nigeria, it turned out that you could say: "England could have won", out loud, in public, and not be immediately fitted up for a white, long-sleeved jacket. Blackpool's Matt Phillips was the one England player of which most observers had heard.