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Qatar it is not. One, there is beer, at £3.50 a pint of Fosters. Two, it’s pouring down outside, where a giant mural of Declan Rice dominates the wall of this homely Essex pub.
Sportsmail is here to see how the English cope with a winter World Cup, when we are used to throwing plastic pints in the air and singing ‘it’s coming home’ while the sun burns our necks.
World Cup fever has been hard to find amid the miserable weather and controversy of Qatar. No flags in windows, no bunting, nothing to suggest this festival of football is catching the imagination.
Sportsmail's Kieran Gill watched the England game at The Kings Arms in Orsett
Try telling that to those inside The Kings Arms. There’s a fake Jules Rimet Trophy behind the bar, England flags galore and New Order’s World In Motion and Fat Les’s Vindaloo on the playlist. It may be 1pm on a Monday but the pints are flowing and the punters, more than 100 of them, are bustling for the best view of the TV.
I’m sitting with a group of West
