Honour in defeat

COMMisERATiONs, but also congratulations to Gareth southgate and the England team.

so many footballers have pulled on the England jersey in recent years, but ended only in shaming and embarrassing the nation, but not during this World Cup.

The team was young, proud, hungry, but also humble. There was no bragging or bravado, just football that so nearly came home.

Though England fans and players are devastated at the dream being snatched from their grasp, if they can ensure this is only the beginning of a new era, there was no failure in defeat.

A. J. SMITH, March, Cambs. YEs, England did better than expected and did the country proud, but heroes? i don’t think that is the right adjective for someone who kicks a ball around a field.

if you want heroes, then look no further than the British divers who risked their lives to find the missing schoolboys in the cave in Thailand.

GLEN BIRKWOOD, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey.