South Africa 2010 World Cup Diary 14 June 2010

England 1-1 USA (Rustenburg)
 
The World Cup really kicked into life over the weekend. The hill at my old university was awash with red and white and the plumes of smoke from makeshift BBQs floated above Canterbury Cathedral in the distance. "WHO ARE YA, WHO ARE YA" the Bulmers-bathed students shouted when three Americans waving aloft the Star-Spangled Banner waltzed through the masses. It was like the WWE had come to Kent. 
The sound of drunk twenty-somethings carried on into the bars around campus. There was the sound of beer splashing into plastic cups, the sound of beer splashing onto ...