The “Little Italy” Roman Legions in Lygon Street Carlton had their sweet revenge over the John Cleese/Boris Johnson Popular Front for Liberation of English Football (“It’s Coming Home”) cult when the Italians put the Poms to the sword in a penalty shoot-out of the Euro final this morning.
The execution was greeted with rapturous applause, flares, skyrockets, and general mayhem when the coup de gras was broadcast on the big screen of Argyle Square/Piazza Italia this morning.
England had been expecting since 1966 – the last time they won a major football title in the game they had invented as “Association Football” (Soccer)...
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