Medal at auction recalls when England won the first World Cups

When you hear that a team with ‘Auckland’ in the title won the first football World Cup, two obvious questions immediately come to mind: the first World Cup was surely won by Uruguay in 1930, wasn’t it? And... when have the Kiwis ever been any good at footy?

But far from the New Zealanders having a football heritage to match the mighty All Blacks at rugby u…

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