He has not seen so much as a minute of England’s progress through this summer’s European soccer championship. Born seven months after England won the 1966 World Cup, he has never seen the team he has supported all his life reach a major final. Now, at last, it has: if it beats Italy at Wembley on Sunday, England will be crowned European champion. Mr. Anderson, though, objects to the fact that England’s players had declared they would take the knee before each of their games. But as England has swept to the final and the country has grown giddy with euphoria, his boycott is an increasingly lonely position.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2021 06:56 UTC