{"id":35661,"date":"2026-07-15T17:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35661"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:06:24","slug":"whatever-happens-tesco-in-abingdon-has-the-world-cup-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35661","title":{"rendered":"Whatever happens, Tesco in Abingdon has made the most of the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs you enter the store, you’re greeted by an aisle decorated with 47 national flags. One of the 48 flag positions is empty. There’s a gap where the England flag should be. Possibly nicked?<\/p>\n

The aisle features things to buy to consume during the football: fajita kits and dips, Coca-Cola, chocolates, crisps and snacks, boxes of beer and cider and bottles of wines, including the Kylie Minogue range.
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\nEngland face Argentina in a World Cup semi-final this evening, and Tesco Extra in Abingdon is getting behind the team with the message: ‘Make History England.’<\/p>\n

The store background music as I walked between the aisles was ‘Jerusalem’ and that helped to create a patriotic warm feeling.
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\nThere’s also a mini football pitch where children can test their shooting skills.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens tonight, Tesco Extra in Abingdon have made the most of the world cup. There was also a buzz of excitement in town as people congregated on a warm evening at different pubs and locations to watch the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you enter the store, you’re greeted by an aisle decorated with 47 national flags. One of the 48 flag positions is empty. There’s a gap where the England flag should be. Possibly nicked? The aisle features things to buy to consume during the football: fajita kits and dips, Coca-Cola, chocolates, crisps and snacks, boxes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}