Fans ask ‘why doesn’t he wait til after?’ as diehard England fan updates blunder tattoo… but it could be another error
AN ENGLAND diehard has been told that he should have waited by fellow fans after his latest tattoo.
Our heroic Three Lions face Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday.
England booked their spot in the Berlin showpiece with a 2-1 victory over Holland on Wednesday.
Super-sub Ollie Watkins scored the 90th-minute winner in what many believe was the country’s greatest sporting moment for generations.
Now Gareth Southgate is set to name the same side that started against the Dutch against the Spaniards as he looks to end a 58-year wait for glory.
Fans are confident that our boys can deliver and be crowned champions of Europe.
However, one person named Ben is extremely positive about our chances of doing the business and has already got it inked on his body.
That is despite already making several big blunders with the ever-expanding tattoo.
The supporter in question had “England World Cup Winners” written onto his body, which he seemingly got prior to the 2018 semi-final with Croatia that Southgate led our team to.
Underneath that he had that year inked on himself, and that has now also been followed by “2022” – where the Three Lions were beaten in the quarters by France.
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Meanwhile, he has also added a few more bits to it after his mistake six years ago.
He now has “Euros” written to the right, and he has “2020” written underneath that.
Even that is technically wrong due to the fact that the Euro 2020 tournament was actually postponed for a year due to Covid.
Anyhow, all three of those dates now also have a line through them.
But the supporter has boldly got “2024” already tattooed under it in a bold show of confidence.
Award winning tattoo artist Brux Tattoos, who are based in Hertfordshire, revealed the inkwork on their Instagram account.
Showing a clip of the finished piece, they captioned it with: “Come on England!
“Thanks Ben, love the optimism mate.”
And it did not take long for fellow fans to jump into the comments.
You can say it hasn’t been pretty, but England are in the final… and we’re peaking at just the right time, says Jack Wilshere
AFTER what has been a tough tournament of times, what an opportunity Gareth Southgate and his team will have to end in the best possible way, writes Jack Wilshere.
We might like a team that played better football. But it’s a results business.
Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and of course Holland would love to be where we are.
People will say we’re lucky because we’re on this side of the draw.
But we won the group. France didn’t and then ran into Spain.
You can say it wasn’t that pretty, but we’re there.
Gareth and his coaches won’t have been happy with some of the performances.
But I did like the way Gareth and his team have dealt with it.
There was no panic coming out of the camp.
Everyone gave the same message: ‘We know we can better, but we’re here still.’
And on Sunday they will be in Berlin to play Spain.
They will probably have to produce two halves of football as good as the first against Holland to beat them.
We have improved as the tournament has gone on and that is how you win things.
You want to peak in the final.
If Gareth can lead England to that major trophy we’ve all been waiting for, it will be the perfect answer to the critics and a brilliant day for us all.
Read Jack Wilshere’s England vs Holland verdict in full.
Or check out all of SunSport columnist Jack’s Euros 2024 opinions…
One wrote: “Why doesn’t he wait until afterwards? Will he not have enough time when it happens?”
Another joked: “This tattoo will get another red line this Sunday.”
A third said that he “jinxed it” while others claimed that they “love the confidence”.
While others were also annoyed that he had completely ignored the Lionesses Euro 2022 triumph.
One said: “Dude England WON in 2022, people just ignore it because it was the women’s, for some reason.”
As another said: “You need to add that it’s about the men’s team. The women have won.”
England vs Spain record
England have played Spain 27 times in total - here is a look at every result...
- May 1929, Spain 4-3 England – International Friendly (L)
- December 1931, England 7-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- July 1950, Spain 1-0 England – World Cup (L)
- May 1955, Spain 1-1 England – International Friendly (D)
- November 1955, England 4-1 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- May 1960, Spain 3-0 England – International Friendly (L)
- October 1960, England 4-2 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- December 1965, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)
- May 1967, England 2-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- April 1968, England 1-0 Spain – European Championship (W)
- May 1968, Spain 1-2 England – European Championship (W)
- March 1980, Spain 0-2 England – International Friendly (W)
- June 1980, England 2-1 Spain – European Championship (W)
- March 1981, England 1-2 Spain – International Friendly (L)
- July 1982, Spain 0-0 England – World Cup (D)
- February 1987, Spain 2-4 England – International Friendly (W)
- September 1992, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)
- June 1996, England 0(4)-(2)0 Spain – European Championship (W)
- February 2001, England 3-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- November 2004, Spain 1-0 England – International Friendly (L)
- February 2007, England 0-1 Spain – International Friendly (L)
- February 2009, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)
- November 2011, England 1-0 Spain – International Friendly (W)
- November 2015, Spain 2-0 England – International Friendly (L)
- November 2016, England 2-2 Spain – International Friendly (D)
- September 2018, England 1-2 Spain – Nations League (L)
- October 2018, Spain 2-3 England – Nations League (W)
Overall, England have won 14, drawn three and lost 10 matches against Spain.