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England fans react as they watch a screening of the Women’s World Cup 2023 final soccer match between England and Spain at BOXPARK Croydon in London, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.Kin Cheung/The Associated Press
Val Plumb kept cheering, clapping and hoping right up until the final whistle on Sunday, then she bowed her head in resignation.
Ms. Plumb had come to the town square in King’s Lynn early Sunday morning decked out in her Lioness T-shirt and convinced England would triumph over Spain in the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, Australia. She got a prime spot near a giant television screen and sat on the edge of her seat as hundreds of other fans from this small city in eastern England crowded into the square.
It wasn’t to be. England lost 1-0 and the nation’s agony on soccer’s biggest stage continued.
England last won the World Cup in 1966 and excitement…