Wrest from a particularly pleasant dream

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Jimbo wipes away the tears of Carl Anka, David Preece and James Horncastle to reflect on England’s semi-final defeat to Croatia RUNNING ORDER:• PART 1a: A time for reflection (01m 20s)• PART 1b: The story of the match (06m 10s)• PART 1c: Rory Smith’s reaction at the Luzhniki (16m 10s)• PART 2: Takeaways, lessons learned and hot takes (21m 00s)  • PART 3: World Cup odds with Lee Price from Paddy Power (30m 40s)• PART 4: Exeunt omnes (31m 00s)LIVE NEWS:• [We’re headed to Manchester on Friday 5 October for **Totally Football Live**](https://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-totally-football-show-live#)!CHARITY NEWS:• we’re working with [**CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably**](https://www.thecalmzone.net/), who are dedicated to preventing male suicide.PARISH NOTICES:• we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/)•[football + intellectualism = **The Game of Our Lives podcast**](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-our-lives/id1353981875?mt=2)GET IN TOUCH:• find us on [**Facebook** - home of the Totally Football Quiz](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• [send us a **tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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0:00.0	Totally at the World Cup.
0:04.0	Oh, don't be a bad loser, English.
0:07.0	Admit I scared you, Russian.
0:09.0	Unbelievable, unbelievable this.
0:15.0	Oh, Lord!
0:17.0	Oh my God, and it's sakesh! Day 28th,
0:23.6	Day 28, pack up your memes and lightning seeds there, going home to the attic.
0:42.6	England are out of the World Cup, a game that began so brightly, ending in despair,
0:48.5	like monopoly with the relatives at Christmas.
0:52.3	And it's Croatia, who returned to the Luzniqi this Sunday to face France in the final.
0:59.2	How, why, who, which, where and when, a month of promise and pride, a long hot It's been a World Cup like no other.
1:29.1	A month of promise and pride.
1:31.0	A long hot summer, ready to lift England up where they belong on inflatable unicorns.
1:37.4	Trippiers out, Sigger.
1:38.8	Maguire Kane has stolen it after death.
1:42.6	That's what he's there for.
1:44.5	A pile of English joy.
1:47.6	South Carolina you're the one.
1:49.4	You can make it hold again.
1:53.7	He's headed finally in.
1:56.4	Harry McGuire got his help to it.
2:00.0	Wednesday it ended.
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