The World Cup party finally started tonight with the longest queue for a bar I’ve ever seen.
Hundreds of people lined up patiently to pay £12 for a pint of Budweiser in the only FanFest in Qatar. There were jubilant scenes as the bar opened eight minutes early. Fans surged forward and chanted happily as they sipped their first beers of the tournament.
Scott Parkes, 33, and Sam Gillard, 33, were the first England fans to get their hands on pints. They queued for 35 minutes to get the beers in a long and orderly queue. The lads from Winchester, Hampshire are old university pals.
