Theresa May or may not...she is joining in the Mexican Wave during a "friendly" match on this day in 2017 between France and England. The Stade de France was the venue and her host the president Emmanuel Macron, who despite May's embarrassing general election results and Brexit seemed unruffled.She got her timing wrong and so did her football team who lost 3-2.
In 1956 Real Madrid beat French champions Stade de Rheims 4-3, in the first ever final of the European Cup, as it was known in those days. The game was held at the Parc des Princes, Paris. England had an influence in the game however, with TV show's "It's a knockout" adjudicator, Arthur Ellis as referee. Ellis was from Halifax and became quite a celebrity in his refereeing and adjudicating career.
Real Madrid went on to win the first 5 finals.
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