The feel-good factor lasted 24 hours.
The day after England had secured its place at Brazil 2014 with a 2-0 win over Poland, manager Roy Hodgson was accused by a tabloid red top of making "a race gaffe" after using the word "monkey" during his halftime talk to the team.
The Sun, whose front page carried the headline "Roy In Andros Monkey Gaffe," informed us that "the term monkey is often used by racists to insult black people."