Euro 2016: English Team in Turmoil – Undecided about whether to leave France (spoof)

The England Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland has sent shockwaves through the nation, and has left football fans and players in a turmoil.

The surprise defeat of mighty England to the microscopic North Atlantic island nation has led to the immediate resignation of England manager Roy Hodgson. In a statement by Hodgson immediately after the match on Monday evening he said, that he was devastated by the result and that the only reasonable thing for him to do was to resign. He would not ask the team to leave France, as that is the prerogative of the new manager, but he categorically denied that England would demand a re-match.

Meanwhile several players, speaking under promise of anonymity to sincethebrexit.com, are still much affected by the result. ”If I had known, that it would lose us the game, I would have played it differently. I didn’t want us to lose; I merely wanted to send a signal to Roy that I wasn’t too happy with his tactics.” said one player. Another player concurred, saying that ”It’s terrible. We are the laughing stock of world right now. It hasn’t been this bad since we lost to a bunch of US amateurs in the 50s. And Roy has resigned. Maybe he wasn’t perfect, but he was decent – and I can’t bear to think who we’ll be getting next.”

Euro 2016 officials have kindly asked the England players to leave France as soon as possible, as they are not scheduled to play any more games. It is currently unknown who, if any, in the Football Association will make the final decision about whether to Leave or to Remain in France.

Just to make it perfectly clear: The above is a spoof news story.

Cover photo of the England shirt 2010-12 by The Laird of Oldham. Released under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.