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The Kansas grandmother who sold her pool table to England’s World Cup team for $700 – The Athletic
England needed a pool table. A family from a Kansas suburb had one available. Courtesy of Lynne Brown
There’s much that goes into making a country’s World Cup base feel like a home away from home. For the England men’s national team, located about 10 miles south of Kansas City in the Kansas suburb of Prairie Village, that means not only top-notch training facilities at Swope Soccer Village but the finer details, too… such as ping-pong tables, video games and pool tables.
Which is exactly how Lynne Brown came face-to-face with England, one of three highly ranked teams — alongside the Netherlands and Argentina — staying in the area between games.
World Cup hero gran stops England player revolt by flogging Three Lions her old pool table
A grandma turned up right on cue to stop England's World Cup glory bid going to pot – by flogging the team her old pool table. Lynne Brown, 68, reckons if the Three Lions lift the trophy she should get some of the credit after stepping in at the last minute to stop a player revolt.
Thomas Tuchel's team loves a game of pool to wind down between matches. But their Kansas City base did not have a table. Football Association officials were tasked with finding one in record quick time.
Lynne, 68, who lives near the team's HQ, put hers up for sale on Facebook Marketplace earlier this month and was stunned when she got messages from staff working with a mystery World Cup team based in the city.
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I sold a 20-year family heirloom to England squad – if they win the World Cup I'm taking credit
ENGLAND’S World Cup stars have been chalking up victories on the pitch, and now we know where some of them might be sharpening their competitive edge off it too.
A Kansas grandmother has revealed how she ended up selling a cherished family pool table to the Three Lions during their stay in Kansas City — and she reckons she deserves a share of the credit if Thomas Tuchel’s men go all the way.
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The Athletic report that Lynne Brown, 68, from Overland Park, Kansas, sold the table to England’s support staff after listing it online earlier this month.
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