England's night spoiled by hatred

THE headlines were all about Wayne Rooney. The talk was all about a football match of huge passion and emotion which saw England leapfrog Turkey at the top of qualifying Group Seven and enhance the prospects of automatic qualification for the European Championship Finals. 

So why did a succession of intelligent, rational, fair-minded supporters phone in a national radio station on their way home from the Stadium of Light to proclaim: “I will never go to an England match again.”