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You have surfed into a web site dedicated to providing you original Windows95 Desktop Themes for you to download and enjoy. I made this theme in the run up to the World Cup - yes I admit to getting caught up in the fever that was France98 - here then is my tribute to England in France98.

This page is not being updated and is here to record our hopes and fears prior to and following England's feeble attempt to win the 1998 World Cup. Since then we have experienced the thrills of Euro 2000 and our abortive attempt to win the right to host the 2006 World Cup (I blame it on the labour government myself)!. Now 34 years of hurt ..........

They think it's all over.... it is now!!

The greatest side-show of modern times has come and gone with France winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup - congratulations to the French National side and my commiseration’s to the other nations that didn't make it this time - roll on 2002!!

We in England can look back on this World Cup as one in which we had our best chance for many years to re-capture some of the magic that we last felt in 1966 when England, like France, won the World Cup as hosts of the event. England crashed out of the World Cup following a disgraceful retaliation from David Beckham following a foul on him by an Argentinean player. David Beckham was sent off shortly after the start of the second half and England had to re-take Goose Green all over again - they played their hearts out for nearly 75 minutes only to loose the penalty shoot out 4-3 with Ince and Batty both missing their brave attempts. It really is a cruel way to decide the outcome of such a classic match - we had it won in the first half and in my humble opinion David Beckham threw it away..... and that's coming from a life long Man United supporter. I have had comments left in my guestbook that I shouldn't blame David Beckham, I don’t blame David Beckham. I don't blame anyone. But the fact remains that the foul by David Beckham was unprofessional, petulant and unnecessary and if you want to play at the highest level for your country then you have to learn to take the rough with the smooth.

Looking forward, as one must do when faced with set-backs, I hope England can re-build their spirits in time for the European Cup in 2000. We must also all get behind England's bid to secure the 2006 FIFA World Cup and collectively work towards eradicating the small hooligan element from the supporters here in England - I was fortunate to attend the Argentina vs Holland match in Marseilles and it didn’t make me proud to be English in that town!!

Michael Owen proved that England have a bright future ahead of them and if David Beckham can learn to control his emotions on the pitch then I hope we see many more glorious goals like the one David Beckham scored against Columbia in the 30th minute of the final game of the pre-qualifying round.

Passionate about football? - add a comment to the England Football Forum at ezboard.com

England Football Forum

Links to World Cup 98 Web Sites

Here are a couple of links to web sites with a World Cup 98 theme.

Visit the FIFA France98 - World Cup web site.

Visit the World Cup Cafe Soccer Live Action web site.

Visit the Sky Sports World Cup Web site.

England's 1998 World Cup Score Sheet

England 2 Tunisia 0 15/6
England 1 Romania 2 22/6
England 2 Colombia 0 26/6
England 2 Argentina 2 30/6
England lost 4-3 on penalties after 30 minutes
of extra time and with only 10 men
for the last 75 minutes!!

This is my second footballing Desktop Theme - the England World Cup challenge for the FIFA World Cup Championships held in France, earlier this year - now available as version 2.0 with a choice of two great desktop wallpapers to choose from and additional "They think it's all over" sound file.

The Desktop Theme features start-up and shutdown screens, 800x600 hi-colour wallpapers, animated cursors and new desktop icons. Also included are new windows sounds including extracts from the popular "three-lions", the unofficial anthem for England's bid in France98. Full installation instructions are provided and the whole theme is available in a convenient zip file to download.

If you don't have a copy of Microsoft Plus! help is at hand in the form of Desktop Themes, a shareware desktop theme manager published by Jonathan Potter at Left Side Software. To get your copy of this excellent shareware theme manager click on to get your copy.

This is what the theme looks like

The following thumbnails will give you an idea of the screens used in this theme.

Click here to download the England in France98 Desktop Theme Version 2.0 (1Mb)

We may be out but we're not down

Click here to download the England's Greatest Fan desktop wallpaper...
....replaces the original wallpaper in the above theme (78 Kb)

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