San Marino had a record of 119 losses from 123 matches since 1990 going into the qualifier against England.
David is supposed to beat Goliath – not get thrashed 119 times out of 123.
England eventually beat them 5 – 0 and then the England team sponsors revealed that Joe Hart had been voted the hosts’ man of the match in an online poll.
The goalkeeper barely touched the ball in the game so all those who voted for him saw the game as a joke.
At the end of that farcical qualifier San Marino now have a record of conceding 300 goals in 65 qualifying games since drawing with Latvia in 2001.
There must be some other game that they can play ….