Brazil are a disgrace. Part of the deal of them playing england at new Wembley in 2007 was that we would play a return match. The fact that Brazil have whored themselves for money and the match will be played in Qatar Sums up everything that is wrong in football. Here are a few highlights from down the years of what everyone in the world nevertheless knows is football’s greatest fixture, no matter what the South American buggers do to ruin it.
2007 Meaningless friendly: England 1 – 1 Brazil
Banal, money-generating slur on the good name of this clash of the footballing titans. Repaying the ridiculous costs of the new Wembley begins with this utterly forgettable match. Brazil were clearly under orders not to thrash a dreadful England team.
2002 World Cup 1/4 final: Brazil 2 – 1 England
An excellent performance by Brazil and don’t you forget it. It took the best goal of the tournament to equalize young Michael Owen’s opener then a right jammy effort from Ronaldinho, before he got correctly sent off for an accidental but nevertheless career threatening tackle. I truly stopped loving England after this weak surrender.
1984 Meaningless friendly: Brazil 0 – 2 England
Tranmere managerial legend John Barnes screws up his entire playing career by scoring a goal of such brilliance that there was no chance of him ever being able to repeat it. Mark Hately got the other, bet you’d forgotten that.
1970 World Cup Group 3: Brazil 1 – 0 England
Some may try and tell you there have been better matches in the history of football. They lie. The greatest international match ever. Gordon Banks leaping like a salmon, Bobby Moore making a tackle which I still can’t believe, Franny Lee being genuinely concerned for the wellbeing of the Brazil goalie after colliding, at least as many chances for England as Brazil, Jeff Astle missing a sitter. The world waited excitedly for the rematch in the final. Bloody Germans.
Increasingly middle-aged and increasingly disillusioned by modern football, I want to share with you how good football used to be before it was ruined by money. 
