{"id":13,"date":"2010-06-11T15:57:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/SA\/?p=13"},"modified":"2022-05-06T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T17:34:47","slug":"world-cup-kicks-off-i-know-that-was-then-but-it-could-be-again-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2010\/06\/world-cup-kicks-off-i-know-that-was-then-but-it-could-be-again-4\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Kicks Off &#8211; I know that was then, but it could be again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2010\/06\/world-cup-kicks-off-i-know-that-was-then-but-it-could-be-again-4\/englandfans2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"222\" data-attachment-id=\"14\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2010\/06\/world-cup-kicks-off-i-know-that-was-then-but-it-could-be-again-4\/englandfans2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/EnglandFans2.jpg?fit=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,222\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EnglandFans2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/EnglandFans2.jpg?fit=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/EnglandFans2.jpg?fit=500%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14\" title=\"EnglandFans2\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/EnglandFans2.jpg?resize=500%2C222\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"> <\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SA v Mexico kicking off&#8230; 5th or 6th World Cup for me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; SA v Mexico kicking off&#8230; 5th or 6th World Cup for me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1107,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2023\/02\/qater-2022-the-montage\/","url_meta":{"origin":13,"position":0},"title":"Qater 2022 - The Montage","date":"27 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A few more games including Canada v Croatia plus off road in a Land Cruiser, a camel ride and sand boarding on the dunes in the desert, then the Dubai crew coming over for the France game and that was it... 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