Walk to World Cup

World Cup fever is growing and the Sun is as ever determined to be the paper wot won it for England.

Cue customary Wapping-based stunt, featuring a News International rent-a-crowd and a smattering of Page 3 sizzlers in Sun-branded scanties.

The paper says "Auf Wiedersehen, Tim," to Sun man - always a "Sun man," aren't they? - Tim Spanton, who has opted to WALK the full 472 and a half miles from London to Frankfurt, in time for England's World Cup opener against Paraguay, 66 days away on Friday, June 9.

Apparently Mr Spanton is known as a bit of a walker, having done a bit for making povery history (remember that?) by traipsing from London to Edinburgh last year.

Seeing him off, so to speak, from Sun HQ are the glam-tastic trio of Mel, Becky and legendary MegaStar favourite Zoe McConnell, with Tim bedecked in the classic 1966-and-all-that red England shirt.

As for the World Cup, the Sun reckons "we'll walk it".

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