I was taking the piss because there seems to be a multitude of people on Facebook and the like who seem to think the St Georges cross is banned. There are many things that are - The Saudi flag in your local Miller and Carter for one - but the flying of the Nations flag isn't one of them unless...
Police stopped me today. I had a St Georges cross that covered the entire front windscreen of my car and they told me to take it off because it was 'unsafe'
Can't do anything these days.
This is the last World Cup that will be played in a proper football country (yeah, I know the Russians bribed everyone but still) and has 32 teams. Remember the 1990 Leyland DAF cup with it's 3 team groups? Of course you don't but that's the format FIFA have decided to copy for its 48 team dogs...