Top Ten Humorous Reasons Why England Just Missed Out on World Cup Final 2018

Forget reasons like "they weren't good enough" (even though that's true) ..England crashed out of the World Cup for other - much more valid and sensible - reasons. Here they are... Hey, feel free to add your own, however ridiculous; it's just a bit of fun after all. Let's not take this thing too seriously.


And on that note, a whole nation (obviously including myself) would like to say:


WELL DONE ENGLAND! THANK YOU FOR MAKING A NATION PROUD AGAIN. WE ALL STILL LOVE YOU!!
The Top Ten
1 Old Bob went for a pee just as Croatia scored THAT second goal
2 It was Wednesday

In superstition, Wednesday is unlucky. That explains a lot for me.

3 England were playing Against a Country with a "T" in its name
4 Nigel wasn't wearing his "lucky" England flag boxers
5 My nan forgot to pray
6 My earworm was Three Lions's Football's Coming Home, thus jinxing them
7 It wasn't 1966
8 England wore white instead of the winning red
9 Donald Trump's visit to England was imminent
10 The English National Anthem wasn't sung loud enough
The Contenders
11 Mick Jagger was watching the match in the stadium
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