The people's game

There can hardly be a better send off to the World Cup than a resounding win.

Nay, an annihilation in fact.

Granted the calibre of opposition (Jamaica) was hardly the best in world, but if we can demolish their neighbours from Trinidad & Tobago with similar ease...

Then we're in for quite a summer.

Interesting that directly after the football the BBC coverage switched to the Epsom Derby. So we cut from the passion and cacophony of Old Trafford to the rather exclusive surroundings of Epsom racecourse. Suddenly the commentary is all breeding, appearances and stakes; the colourful football shirts replaced by ridiculous hats and firmly buttoned suits (despite the gorgeous baking weather). A clearer illustration, if ever it was needed, that football is most certainly the people's game.