The unlikely lads: England are 90 minutes from a World Cup final

They have been labelled the ‘Unlikely Lads’, a British cultural reference to a 1960s television show, and England’s unusually grounded and down-to-earth players are getting people all dewy-eyed about the way football used to be.

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By Chris Hatherall