Presumably the same reason lions are popular heraldic symbols: they're considered a noble, majestic and fearless beast. The fact that in nature it is the lionesses that do the majority of the hunting (while the males laze about akin to their domestic cousins) doesn't seem that important!
Basically yes. Its from the Royal arms of England that date back to Richard I for its use in England and even further back for its use in Normandy (obviously modern day France).
I should be ashamed, being the age that I am, not to have remembered that the reverse of the last issue of the English shilling coin had the three lions symbol upon them...
I think if there had only been contact from one of the two defenders, Sterling would have stayed on his feet and the pen wouldn't have been given. The contact from both, coupled with the speed Sterling was travelling at, caused him to go down. The earlier one on Kane looked more like a dive than Sterling's did, and we know Kane does have that in his locker.
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Indeed, as would I. I think the phrase that gets me is the "Does anyone care?" - em yes! You're a British account not English.
I've emboldened the crucial part to that - BBC Scotland. Would that be the default broadcast down south? I think Michael Stewart summed it up perfectly at the weekend on Off the Ball - Scotland and Wales must be in the unique position of having qualified for a major tournament and the default coverage they get is from the perspective of another country.
Absolutely agree.
Not forgetting that Denmark had lost their first two matches in their group stage.
I think in this instance, it concerned settling off flares, booing during the national anthem of both Denmark and Germany and the actions of the utter idiot who shone a laser pen beam into the face of the Danish goalkeeper as he was about to face a penalty from Harry Kane.
It is not the English FA who will be handing out the punishments, it will be them who are facing the punishment from the organising power behind the Euro 2020 tournament.
If the BBC had treated Wales as the underdogs (which they were in reality, as demonstrated by the scoreline) there would have been accusations of patronisation. They can't win either way.
At least in football in Europe they only do the anthem(s) in international or prestigious games... none of this rabid patriotism as seen in the US, where they do the anthems before every NFL game*... especially as most if not all the elite leagues in the US also include teams from Canada.
