Michael Renouf on his World Cup adventures and why it's more than just a simple football tournament...

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ARGENTINA, Spain, Mexico, Italy, America, France, Japan, South Korea, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and now Qatar. These are the countries the beautiful game, football or soccer - depending on where you grew up - that I have witnessed the greatest show on earth from, the World Cup.
I watched my first tournament as an impressionable 11-year-old in 1978 without my country, England, in attendance and althoug...