Heady days of Sven Göran-Eriksson's England sit in contrast to flag furore | Jonathan Liew

Emotional scenes at Anfield remind us that the Three Lions' first foreign manager grasped the role is meant to be fun The cross stuff. Has it gone yet? Is it safe to open the curtains? Will the people of England once again be free to go about their business without being harassed by purple-faced flag-botherers waggling their purple-flag outrage? Purple - infamously - being the wokest of all the colours, never more so than when displayed on the woke crown jewels worn by the disdainfully woke Quee...