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Pop World Cup 2018 – Group C Match 1
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— 13 Jul 2018 Tom 8 comments

What if a World Cup lasted ALL YEAR? That’s the experiment we appear to be running with this year’s PWC, and a grand experiment it is too. Here we are with the fourth match, group C, which even features a team that is STILL IN the footbal[…]

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Pop World Cup 2018 Group E Match 1
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— 25 Jun 2018 Tom 13 comments

No, you’ve not missed any matches. We’re putting this year’s games up as we get the entries in, and so it’s a big thankyou to the prompt Group E gaffers of Serbia, Brazil, Switzerland and Morocco. It’s a group of veteran[…]

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Pop World Cup 2010: The Final! Nigeria vs Germany
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— 8 Jun 2010 Tim 27 comments

Here we are, at last.

Here we stand at the summit of Pop Football achievement, looking back at 63 matches: some wonderful, some perplexing, some illuminating, very few boring. We’ve heard so much pop, enjoyed so many marvellous moments, and […]

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  3. Tom, I loved loved loved these polls and participated obsessively, until one day (it was March 2023) I just stopped…

  5. I feel sad that I couldn't persistently engage in every poll as much as I'd have liked - and not…

  7. Thanks for doing the polls, Tom, and for writing this lovely, considered, reflective piece. It’s given me closure on my…

  8. Lovely. I drifted away 18 months or so ago (I liked being all in on it and life stuff just…