As the World Cup gets underway, I must admit as an English lad I have a guilty secret

As the World Cup gets underway, I must admit as an English lad I have a guilty secret

World Cups seemed so much more special when I was a kid. The main reason, just like us boring old farts saying “the FA Cup isn’t like it used to be”, is due to one thing. TV coverage. When I was a boy, there were only two live football matches on the telly: The FA Cup Final and England versus Scotland in the now-defunct Home Championships.One year Wembley, the next Hampden Park, but this is where this English lad got a soft spot for Scotland. It…