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England v Croatia
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A flawless World Cup Qualifying campaign saw England sit atop of their group with seven wins out seven. Qualification could be assured with three games to go with victory at home to Croatia - the side responsible for eliminating England from Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage. The McCarthy family made the journey to Wembley to see if Fabio Cappello's men could make it eight wins out of eight and extract a little bit of revenge over the Croats |
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| McCarthy enjoys a pint of Guinness prior to the big game | This pub had a delightful painting of Parliament from the 1800's in it |
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| This man wearing a dress and carrying a large flower could only be described as a homosexual | These Croatia fans pose for a photo with Big Ben |
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| Alison McCarthy looks delighted to be touring some of the capitals fine pubs | Tom McCarthy on the other hand is not best pleased with this pint of ale |
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| McCarthy tucks into his German pint | Tom is soon distressed to find himself struggling to cross the road |
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| McCarthy tucks into a snadwich | Tom has sausages in his |
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| Nelson looks down over Whitehall | Tom enjoys yet another pint |
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| Alison is soon being chatted up by these Croats on the tube to the game | Wembley Park station is rammed with Croatian people |
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| Wembley appears in all her glory | This chap was wearing a fantastic costume |
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| England warm up ahead of the game | This helicopter does a fine job of ensuring traffic remains under control |
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| The groundstaff tend to the surface prior to kick off | The teams enter the arena |
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| The national anthems begin | These fans were holding up pieces of paper in order to spell out "Back Bid 2018" ahead of Englands campaign to host the World Cup |
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| Kick off is upon us | The Croatian fans flair it up, quite literally with a set of flares |
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| Fat Frank Lampard prepares to take a penalty | And he nets it to put England 1-0 ahead |
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| Fabio in traditional stern pose inside his technical area | Steven Gerrard adds a seconds England goal |
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| The scoreboard reflects this fact | Peter Crouch stretches his extensive legs on the touchline |
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| Wembley is packed to the rafters for tonights game | Fat Frank adds his second after half time |
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| England now lead 3-0 up | Gerrard doesn't want his midfield partner to get too far ahead, so he decides to fire in his second |
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| England lead 4-0, and are all but heading to the World Cup | England prepare to kick off after Croatia make it 4-1 |
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| Joy turns to confussion, as it all begins kicking off on the pitch | This Croats attempts at streaking were poor, given the fact he still had his trousers on |
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| Peter continues to warm up | Wayne Rooney makes it 5-1 to England |
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| A fantastic result | Fat Frank prepares to whip in a corner |
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| David Beckham prepares to make his entrance to the action | The England players celebrate World Cup qualification |
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| Fabio gives the crowd a brief wave before disappearing | The players go on a mini lap of honour |
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| The scoreboard indicates that England have qualified for anyone thick enough not to have realised | While if you were thick enough not to have realised and not have seen the scoreboard, this giant flag does the job equally well |
