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He also got to meet legendary striker Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final. Fans like Steve, Shelagh and Tommy. But with a better understanding of dementia we can help all those living with it.” In the film aired on Sky Sports and online, Steve and other dementia sufferers are shown with Southgate saying: “Football should be unforgettable.

The Manchester United defender has struggled for his club but the idea he deserves to be jeered for England is entirely screen-influenced.

Five years of settled selection and tournament training has left England with a more grooved defensive system than the fretful chop and change at United. Maguire with England: this is the best of him. Drown out the noise and the suggestion that Maguire doesn’t deserve to be playing for England is also nonsensical. This is now an established TV trope, hot content, a way of reeling in the eyeballs while also buffing your own punditry brand. It is also based in a fallacy. But it is hard to avoid the feeling of being dragged into some kind of cross-platform media event, a pantomime pile-on that might still do some genuine harm to the only relationship that really matters in all of this. There was a mischievous kind of theatre to it, a self-awareness, like the kind of booing you might hear from the Saturday evening sofa when some cinematic talent show scoundrel show pops up on screen. Football is a TV show now and TV demands heroes and villains. But it seemed like there were some more the first time Maguire got the ball, although it was hard to tell if these were actually directed at a foul on Ollie Watkins. And there may have been more after that, although none that were audible from the south side of the stadium. There was a sense of double-take around the press box. And it is an excellent question, deserving of a serious answer. Or if England’s manager and his players are being caught in a sideswipe from somewhere else, a self-fuelling piece of theatre born out of TV noise, punditry blather and the idiot wind of social media.

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To walk out at the national stadium as captain for the first time was special. As a group of fans who might actually feel some justification in booing Maguire given his current run of club form, we look forward to seeing the Stretford End rise above their basic urges should he revert to type and accidentally slice the ball into his own net. The first edition was sent whistling into inboxes today but you can read the online version here. Maguire is simply the latest in a long line of completely inoffensive England players to have been inexplicably booed by their own in recent years. Downing LLP deny the “wild allegations” against them. Just as the loudest, most stupid voices tend to get the most attention on social media disgraces, it is the loudest, most stupid Ingerland fans who tend to sing about German bombers, stick fireworks up their nether regions and “occupy” foreign city squares. While the sight of fans criticising their own players is not uncommon we rarely see the shoe go on the other foot. To lead the lads out was very emotional and something I can be proud of. “It goes without saying that everybody at Manchester United is behind our club captain and we look forward to showing him our support at Old Trafford on Saturday, in the Premier League match against his former club Leicester City,” stated the article to which their particular tweet linked. It was the first time being captain and walking out here, I’ve been captain before, but not here. “To hear @HarryMaguire93 booed at Wembley before kick-off was just not right,” tweeted Kane. Rather strangely, his employers were also quick to voice their solidarity with Maguire, tweeting: “No player deserves abuse. “I thought the reception was a joke,” said England manager Gareth Southgate, sounding uncharacteristically spiky.

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"You can understand United fans being frustrated with his performances this season, there have been some really bad showings from the United unit as a whole, and he's the captain there. And what's happening to the Premier League when the World Cup is on? "He's been a fantastic servant for his country and it's ridiculous for him to get booed. He's got full support in the changing room and should have the same from every England fan." and it's a unique chance to make history. "Even today at 2-0 we give a poor foul away and a free-kick they should score from. It's an exciting group of players to work with but we have to keep pushing. He's in an England shirt and not only should you support someone in an England shirt regardless but when he's played at the level he has, it should be total commitment behind him. "He was pretty faultless, stepping out from the back for the first goal and was involved in the second goal. But we're either all in it together or we're not," said Southgate. "I remember a few decades ago when some players were booed in an England shirt - it's never been acceptable. An absolute joke," Southgate told Sky Sports. "What he's done for us and the way he has performed for England has been phenomenal.

HARRY KANE has hit out at England fans after they booed Harry Maguire at Wembley.

Kane wrote: "We've worked hard to rebuild our connection with England fans in the last few years so to hear Harry Maguire booed at Wembley before kick off was just not right. Taking to social media, the Tottenham striker declared the abuse is "just not right" and urged supporters to change their attitude. The Manchester United captain's name was met with a chorus of boos from the Wembley crowd when it was read out prior to kick-off.