BEL MOONEY: I hate football… but England’s clean-cut World Cup boys have won over women like me

Harry Kane had just scored and my son was cheering in his home (about 100 yards from ours) when he glanced down at Facebook. There, on his mother’s timeline, was a big red box that screamed: ‘GO KANE!’ ‘My God!’ Dan said to his wife. ‘Mum’s watching the football!’ It amazed me, too. What I know about football could be written on my thumbnail (which might even be too big) and sport in general leaves me cold. I’m the snooty woman with her nose stuck in a book when all around are cheering on their teams or watching a nail-biting Wimbledon final.  To be honest, I always thought of footballers as (mostly) vain, vastly overpaid, slightly sleazy oafs. Scroll down for video  England’s clean-cut captain, Harry Kane has a strangely timeless beauty. He has the calm authority that used to be associated with British officers, ready for any effort, any sacrifice But there I was on Tuesday night, nearly knocking over my wine glass as I clutched my head in anguish, raged, yelled: ‘Shoulda been a red card!’, sucked my teeth, dug my husband in the ribs, cheered, groaned, covered my eyes — and finally ran outside (clutching the wine… Read full this story

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