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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Britain's love-hate relationship with the World Cup

The nation that invented soccer has a love-hate relationship with the World Cup. Press Play’s Christian Bordal sat down with English expat Roger Bennett right before the World Cup began.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 3, 2018 • 1 min read

The nation that invented soccer has a love-hate relationship with the World Cup. Press Play’s Christian Bordal sat down with English expat Roger Bennett right before the World Cup began. Bennett is one of the duo that calls themselves “Men in Blazers,” a TV show and podcast about the game. Their new book is “Encyclopedia Blazertanica: A Suboptimal Guide To Soccer, America's Sport Of The Future Since 1972.”

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    founder of Men in Blazers, co-host of the podcast “World Corrupt”

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