Fan gets £550 tattoo declaring England 'World Cup winners'

sportsJul 15, 2026986,487

Sean Carrington, a 36-year-old roofer from Wigan, paid £550 for a foot-long tattoo reading "England World Cup Winner 2026" on his leg. Carrington said he had been sure of victory since "Thomas Tuchel's men" beat DR Congo 2-1 in the round of 32 and vowed to add the words "only joking" to the tattoo if England lose. He got the tattoo at Holy Trinity Tattoo Studio in Standish after friends egged him on while watching the tournament in Tenerife; the shop squeezed him in before England's quarter final with Norway. Holy Trinity manager Jamie Taylor warned the mark is permanent but said Carrington was "the life and soul of the studio" the day of the tattoo. Carrington has nine tattoos in total, mostly family names, and plans to watch the next match at Manchester's Depot Mayfield fanzone. The studio's social accounts showed mixed reactions, with comments calling it possibly the worst tattoo some had seen and others saying it will be a story if England lose.

Bryan Schott

@schotthappens.com

Harry Kane scored 6 goals for England in the World Cup. After he admitted he went golfing with Donald Trump he did not score again the rest of the tournament, and England are out. The Trump sports curse remains undefeated.

345545d ago

calamity jim52

why would anybody volunteer to spend time with a thug like trump? blech, Harry. poor decision.

thelouzealand.bsky.social18

The Trump curse is not limited to sports. How does one bankrupt a casino, even once? Or ruin a whole country? He's all about the bad touch.

MBR12

Thanks for stealing my post

A smile 4 U :)9

I'm so glad you posted this...beat me to it! lol. Plus Kane went out of his way to compliment the traitor.

Ceejay7

We are all Spain! 🇪🇸

laart207

We need Trump to root for Argentina on Sunday, as hard as he can!

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Dr. Lucky Tran144

The Knicks the only ones to defeat the Trump curse 😀

Sara Sanchez32

We need some sort of test where Ted Cruz is cheering for one side and Donald Trump is on the other side, to see which man is the bigger sports curse 😂

Nute17

he did, why did nobody tell me

Andrew Berkshire7

Also there’s a video going around meta apps of him “boxing” and let me tell you he looks like shit.

"live tweeting through the apocalypse"4

this symbolism is so layered and hilarious

Dave Lack3

Not sure if it is true, but I imagine Kane as season 1 Jaime Tartt.

John Gallagher

@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social

Look on the bright side, England, it's only 3.5 prime ministers until the next world cup!

98645d ago

Spag 🙃9

Maybe a lettuce too (if we’re lucky 🥺)

RollsRoyceMerlin617

And Larry the Cat will still be the Chief Mouser at #10?

Bart Bingenheimer3

How many Scarmucci’s is that, for those of us on the other side of the pond?

Pete Marchetto2

The rate we're going it could be 35.

Tiernan Blanchard YELL AT ME TO WRITE2

Oh, I think we can manage five or six in that time

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿2

Who knows Britain could have new overlord COUNT BINFACE

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Ming22

*1 prime minister until the next World Cup next year in Brazil

Cian Ginty2

But also everybody has to admire how good we are at taking the piss out of Englan bsky.app/profile/earl...

skippyoz

@skippyoz.bsky.social

Argentina defeated England 2-1. That means two Spanish speaking country's in the final of the World Cup. Spain & Argentina. The stadium will explode with Boos when trump is there. Wonder what the Rapist thinks of that?

32745d ago

bigcee.bsky.social7

Trump likes Argentina. He hates Spain. GO SPAIN

Zev Cohen6

He'll skip the game at the last moment. After all, he has a war to run...

Hope Himars 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🇻🇪4

THEY CAN"T BOO LOUD ENOUGH F0CK this NAZI BASTARD !

Françoise Hamlin3

before or after they force the US national anthem on them....?

RickMindgone3

The rapist deserves the booing.. and for it to be seen by hundreds of millions right around the world.

hopedu1267.bsky.social2

Well, he did gave them 40 billion dollars

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really? in front of my FIFA Peace Prize?!2

Trump trying to cozy up to basically anyone on either squad will go poorly but WHY G-D WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SPAIN I AM PULLING FOR Oh, wait, because fuck Argentina, that's why. Even if you're owed some islands, I still h9 u.

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky”

@pixelatedboat.bsky.social

The biggest mistake that England made in the World Cup was fielding a team made up entirely of English players. The talent simply isn’t there. If they got over their parochialism and added some foreign players to the team, they’d be a lot more successful.

20744d ago

BrianKAnimation2

I’m just imagining an English team made up of 11 Karl Pilkingtons.

dschroder.bsky.social2

They should let the Welsh play.

Ryan Nanni

@celebrityhottub.bsky.social

Time to hop on Threads and post “hopefully England will finally win their first World Cup one day”

20245d ago

Ryan Nanni83

“Actually England won in-“ sorry but I asked Claude, and you’re not smarter than Claude are you

SoLetsSay6

Don’t forget to cross post to LinkedIn.

MDP3

Well, if England beats France, that will be the best they’ve done since 1966. So that’s a thing.

Whistling Batter2

if you don't win in 60 years you have to start over, you're in the right here.

Himbo Deluxe2

I think this would actually send me over the edge

Chris R.2

Threads is a perfect place to light a fuse, then walk away

Matt Green

@mattgreencomedy.com

English children going to bed in tears because of a frustrating defeat to Argentina. It’s a tradition handed down the generations. #ENGARG

17045d ago

Matt Green55

My first sporting memory was Maradona and the hand of God - I must have been about 7. It was an excellent introduction to being an England fan in most sports

Martin Emmerson3

My oldest daughter wrote this when they went out to Croatia in 2018. She was 11. I told her to get used to it. She's 18 now but the little one is now 11 and is feeling it tonight. I detached myself in 2010 after that dreadful World Cup in S Africa. Cathartic.

Kaptain Kopter2

Won’t you think of the Scottish children? Many missed out…..28 years between tournaments

John Steel2

Old enough to remember England actually winning. Always hoped I'd live long enough to see it again but the odds are shortening. Oh well, at least everything else is great in England.

moigie.bsky.social2

Never mind us Scots have made a thing about it 🤣 It’s only a game there’s always tomorrow 👍

Pervis Purves (Vote Binface)1

Watched both games from pretty much the same spot 40 years apart. And now going up to the same bedroom (but not crying this time).

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Sooz Kempner84

I was 13. I had never known such injustice. I went in to school the next day unable to work because my heart had passed away.

Natacha

@natacha.bsky.social

The day the government announces it will be implementing the most transphobic measures ever in any democracy, is the same day England get put out of the World Cup by a country with one of the least.

5645d ago

JP Acosta

@acosta32jp.bsky.social

Congratulations, if you’re watching England-Argentina you just picked up a yellow card

5945d ago

Vineyard Dawg

@vineyarddawg.bsky.social

The last time England won the World Cup, Georgia Tech led the overall football series record against UGA.

4245d ago

The 9845

I was going to post something like that, but I didn't feel like doing the math. Which is fitting for a UGA grad, eh eh

Earl Karl3

Well, it is probably still a close series. Right?

Nikolai Denmark1

GET THEM GET THEIR ASSES

Chadbert1

Oof this one hurts and is accurate

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LAISSEZ LES BON QUESO ROULER12

The last time England won the World Cup, no SEC school, Texas, or Texas A&M had integrated its football team

Tennessee Sewer Batman9

The last time England won the World Cup, Alabama only claimed 4 national titles

Specter177✈️9

The last time England won the World Cup, Steve Spurrier won the Heisman.

Etrigan (unrelated)5

The last time England won the World Cup, the following schools had not yet claimed a football title: Nebraska Clemson Penn State BYU Colorado Indiana any Florida school

Sam DiGiovanni4

The last time England won the World Cup, Kareem was entering his sophomore season at UCLA

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall2

The last time England won the World Cup, the Super Bowl winner... wait there wasnt one. It was before the first Super Bowl.

Scarlet Rose

@scarlet-rose.bsky.social

Just heard the news England is out of the running and now it'll be Spain vs Argentina for the World Cup. Well shoot... I was rooting for the English after my nation got knocked out. Only one thing left to do: Olé, Olé, Olé!

4445d ago

Grey Eye Magpie

@greyeyemagpie.bsky.social

Just so Im 100% clear on this.. England just ended a World Cup semi-final with Dan Burn playing up front yeah? We all saw that yeah? #nufc #engarg

4545d ago

Josh2

Ridiculous. Everyone knows he’s a left back.

Martin Johnson1

Seen it a few times last season with the same result

Paul C1

Better than Harry Kane had been all game

lichengreen101.bsky.social1

He looked more dangerous than Kane

GlennA

@glennairey.bsky.social

I really wanted England to win tonight but this fucking 30/40/50/60 years of hurt thing is twisting my melon man. If you know anyone who is genuinely hurt or in pain because England haven’t won the World Cup then please accompany them to a psychiatrist ASAP.

4545d ago

steveflynn373

This 💯. The sting wears off in a few minutes, unlike club football, which can endure for a very unhealthy amount of time.

Michael Daly1

I hope you get your twisted melon operated on timeously😲

IggyPopBarker1

I hate that fucking song. As I said to someone the other day, prior to it you were often pleased/relieved to have qualified for a tournament, we frequently didn't.

Wilgy1

Absolutely, it’s just standard disappointment for me. It’s normal, I’m a stoke fan as yourself, it’s just a part of life and the older I get the more I get used to it.

Laura McInerney

@missmc.bsky.social

“Good evening passengers, this is just to let you know that in the World Cup game on right now, England has scored against Argentina. Again: England has scored against Argentina. Thank you” I think the train manager really wanted to celebrate 😂

4045d ago

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt

@nadinebh.bsky.social

This Thomas Tuchel hate is scapegoating There’s a reason France couldn’t beat them in 2022 Is he perfect? No. Did he get us to a semifinal? Yes I hate Argentina as much as the next person but putting all this on Tuchel is unfair #ENGARG

3145d ago

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt11

I actually think if we’d beat Argentina he had a plan for Spain, but we’ll never know I’m grateful for what he contributed, and given some of the performances earlier on in the tournament without him we wouldn’t have got to the semis (his faith in Spence was vindicated 100x over)

Spartacus 🔶️ Mills 25

His tactics made Steve bruce look like a football genius in that last 30 mins of the game. 12% possession after we scored says it all really

John Michael White3

The problems we had were entirely of his creation. The squad problems were his fault. We kept getting away with it until we didn't. Sticking loads of defenders on, again, in a game we needed to wrestle control of with fingers crossed. We've been terrible since he took over, and he needs sacking.

Hooligan Centrist3

Not even Southgate would have gone so defensive so early

Leigh2

It's always inevitable after a defeat like that. But a manager surely needs to have a better idea of tactics than just 'bring on more defenders' for the last 30 mins?