England fan Matthew Stadlen attended the Three Lions’ pleasant win over Australia at Wembley on Friday evening – regardless of falling right into a canal simply earlier than the sport.
The TV and radio presenter shared his story on social media on Friday, revealing he had parked his automobile after which walked throughout what he throught was a grass verge, solely to find it was the truth is a canal and ending up “neck-high” within the water.
“Parked my automobile en path to the England Australia recreation at Wembley and I’ve simply walked neck excessive right into a canal or a pond.” Stadlen wrote on X, previously Twitter.
And he added: “Thought it was grass. Pity the folks sitting subsequent to me.”
Stadlen then posted a second message along with his view of the motion at Wembley, through which he mentioned: “Good seats not less than. Only a bit chilly. And smelly.”
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It was Watkins’ third objective in eight appearances for England and marked a contented return to the worldwide fold for the striker in a much-changed aspect.
Supervisor Gareth Southgate saved plenty of his greatest stars in reserve, together with captain Harry Kane and in-form midfielder Jude Bellingham, forward of the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 qualifier towards Italy on Tuesday evening.
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