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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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England's football failure is a win for the headline writers

England's Ashley Young misses
England's Ashley Young misses a goal. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

England is out and is there a turnip head in sight? Nobody quite as vilified as Graham Taylor in 1993. The Daily Star goes for Sick Ash a Parrot for its back-page splash and the rather obvious Curse of the Penalty on the front. The Daily Mirror goes for a pun with picture of Wayne Rooney "hiding his pain" with a Know How Roo Feel front-page splash and Ashes to Ashes back-page splash while the Times gets full marks for originality with a backpage splash: Hex Marks The Spot. But as ever, the Sun headline writers kick it into touch with a cheerful Anyone for Tennis? Yes, Wimbledon starts today and it's sunny. Maybe there is a God, after all.

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