(en) Research in 2006 suggested that 13% of English workers "have called in sick to watch a World Cup match, or to recover from match-related drinking the night before." « Employee relations: How to deal with World Cup fever », Personneltoday.com, (consulté le ).
« Jude Bellingham: England midfielder 'felt like Cristiano Ronaldo' after scoring bicycle kick against Slovakia », Sky Sports, (lire en ligne, consulté le )
Nicolas Kssis-Martov et Philippe Roizès, « « Football Belongs to me ! » : Foot et skinheads dans l’Angleterre de Thatcher. », So Foot, (lire en ligne)
(en-GB) David Llewelyn Phillips, « Badges and 'Crests' : The twentieth-century relationship between football and heraldry », Coat of Arms : an heraldic journal published twice yearly by The Heraldry Society, vol. 11, no 229, , p. 38-40 (résumé)
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(en) « Soccer Hooliganism in England Between the Wars », The Sport Journal, (lire en ligne)
(en) During the 2006 World Cup, "On Saturday, the day of the Paraguay match, the number of people shopping in central London fell by 23%, according to analysts Footfall."Jonathan Prynn, « Storm over World Cup sickies », thisismoney.co.uk, (consulté le ).