From celebrations and capitulations to bonuses and biting: The craziest World Cup of all

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to, not after this World Cup. For ever and day we hear of how things were better long, long ago and how really the present is a pale shadow of the past.

From celebrations and capitulations to bonuses and biting: The craziest World Cup of all
Sat, 19 Jul, 2014 - 18:32

By Peter O’Dwyer

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to, not after this World Cup. For ever and day we hear of how things were better long, long ago and how really the present is a pale shadow of the past.

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