Two-ton Times man Martin Samuel ponders on one of the great mysteries of his life: where did Sven get that flower in his buttonhole when the two first met?
"So the origin of Eriksson’s poppy was a puzzle. He certainly did not collect it in Rome, home of Benito Mussolini, while Sweden, his birthplace, was one of a handful of European nations that maintained neutrality throughout the Second World War (Portugal, another of Eriksson’s adopted countries, did also). How finely attuned to English sensitivities he must have been, then, to have been in the country a matter of hours and already have communed with the locals in a poignant gesture of patriotism. "
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