World Cup: We love it
The best places
to watch, enjoy, and hide behind your fingers from the World Cup in
Kent...
Plus other footie-related fun in the
county this summer.
Have you got an event to tie in with the football? Or are you
going to be in hiding until it's over?
Print it out and stick it on your wall, then start counting down
the hours until England take on the USA.
Stunned football fans were left watching blank screens just
minutes before kick off in the crucial World Cup group game between
England and Slovenia.
If your boss won't let you off, join us reporting live from a
Kent venue as England fight for their World Cup life.
More than 250 pupils did their schools proud at the Mini World
Cup, held in Gillingham.
England's World Cup squad can thank a Kent man who supplied the
team with a snooker and football table.
Two noisy new arrivals at a farm park in Kent have been named
after vuvuzelas - because they bleat so loud.
We love Rob Green!
There's a corner of Kent where England goalkeeper Robert Green
is still loved and warmly remembered - despite his fumbling
disaster at the World Cup opener against USA.
Pictures: Football frenzy in Thanet
See our snaps showing how England fans flocked to Thanet's
pubs and clubs to watch the World Cup.
Hundreds of football fans crowded into Dover's Market Square on
Saturday night to watch England's first World Cup match on the Big
Screen.
Never mind Mexico and South Africa - Trevor from Ashford is
this World Cup's first winner.
The Kent Messenger Mini World Cup got under way in Mote Park,
Maidstone on the day the real one kicked off.
A bookie revealed today it has taken wagers worth a staggering
£22.6million on the World Cup from punters in Kent alone.
Kent is up for the World Cup - and here's how the county's been
getting ready for today's big kick-off.
A Kent underwear store has made a racy offer to football fans -
a full refund if England win the World Cup.
Kent's supermarkets are expecting sales to surge as we start
stocking up on World Cup goodies.
Employers are being warned by a Kent law firm to make sure they
have a policy in place to deal with requests for time off during
the cup.
A talented dancer has performed in the video for Chico's World
Cup song It's England Time
Kent beer kings Shepherd Neame are brewing a special bitter for
the cup, called 4-4-2.
These three farmers have come up with a novel way to prove their
support for England's World Cup team - baring their short and
caulies.
Here's how to show your support for England in the World Cup -
by flying our free flag on your wall or in your window.
World Cup revellers are to be offered sticks of rock when they
watch matches in Kent pubs in the hope it will diffuse any
trouble.
With the World Cup countdown underway tell us how you'll be
supporting your team this summer. Will you be like the Druid's
Arms in Maidstone (pictured) and pulling out all the stops?
Canterbury cab drivers were banned from flying the Cross of St
George in their cars by the city council, until KentOnline and the
Kentish Gazette got involved...
Lonnie Donegan Junior is hoping to take his dad's song from 1966
back into the charts this year.
With the start of the World Cup now just a week away police
expect emotions to run high during the tournament but warn that
anti-social behaviour and drunkeness will not be tolerated.