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England's famous World Cup villains
Some of football biggest stars have already given fans a glimpse of the brilliance that we can expect at that World Cup, but one of the EPL’s finest showed off the game’s darker side and England fans will be particularly worried.
Three Lions supporters will be hoping that Raheem Sterling’s sending off against Ecuador in this morning’s friendly is not a sign of things to come in Brazil. Time and again, their World Cup campaigns have been undermined by villains from without - and within - the team.
From Beckham’s brain snap to Seaman’s howler, relive England’s most forgettable World Cup moments.
