Prando's Asset Management - 20 years of hurt

"A few groups have booked out rooms for games so I'll wander along. I find I'm much less grumpy watching England matches in an industry setting than with chums at home." "The usual?" the chairman almost snorted. "You mean nobody's actually taking you to a game? Not even a South Korea v Mexico or Nigeria v Iceland?" "Oh come off it," I laughed. "Alluring as the charms of Volgograd and Nizhny Novgorod may be, you know it just doesn't work like that any more." "No," the chairman sighed. "I suppose not. Do you remember France in 1998?" "I thought we were never to speak of France in 1998,"...