Roger Bennett
speaker
657 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 30 Jul
Roger Bennett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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People were sobbing all over the stadium.
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There was a stranger by me who cried the moment the teams went onto the field.
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Another stranger by her, because everyone was there on their own.
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They couldn't get a ticket.
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Put his arm around there.
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He goes, don't cry, girl.
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We've not even lost yet.
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But she was sobbing because she was thinking about, ultimately, we were all thinking about the people who were not there with us, the memories we'd had, the life-shaping experience.
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But most of all, those who were not there to see it, those we wish we were there.
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What you bring to sports, it's the safest outpouring of your core essence, of who you are, your greatest fears, your greatest losses, your greatest dreams, your greatest memories.
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The World Cup, I do think, to be honest,
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Even more so than just casual everyday, because it is every four years, that rarity, that scarce, that kind of long waited baseline through your life, it becomes the spine of your life.
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And so each one, because it is such a rare thing, you know, my first memory was eight.
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you know, watching Argentina 1978, just an ecstasy.
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I didn't know football could be joyful.
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It was played in the sun.
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It was played in England in muddy pitches by bald men who just wanted to have a cigarette at halftime and let the fans fight each other.
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It was miserable.
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I was like, Dad, I didn't know football could be so joyful.
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Onwards, you know, every four years.
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