Wales v England: how will centuries-old rivalry play out on Tuesday?
by Tom Wall from World news | The Guardian on (#6687F)
A quarter of Monmouth Town FC's players are English - so Tuesday will be quite a night in front of the clubhouse TV
Monmouth Town FC's packed, raucous clubhouse on the banks of the muddy River Monnow fell momentarily silent as Wales's painful loss to a reinvigorated Iran sunk in on Friday. But thoughts - and perhaps a whole nation's hopes - soon turned to the first clash between England and Wales in a World Cup finals.
The manager of the tight-knit Welsh regional league club, Steve Davies, 50, is not a man for giving up. He believes in resilience, family and community.
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