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The Upshot on Twitter: "This is the most fancied England World Cup squad since Sven's ill-fated Golden Generation went to Germany in 2006. But that's where the similarities with Gareth's likeable bunch
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What happened to England's 2006 World Cup squad including Gerrard, Beckham and Downing - Mirror Online
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