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Welsh football fans are unhappy with this Cardiff sportswear store’s Euro 2016 blunder

Published 16:25 19 May 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Welsh football fans are unhappy with this Cardiff sportswear store’s Euro 2016 blunder

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Anticipation is building in Wales.

In a matter of weeks, their national football team will take part in their first major tournament since God was a lad. But as excitement grows, one proud Welshman was far from chuffed at what he discovered on the side of a Cardiff JD sports store. Despite the WELSH capital city of Cardiff being very much in WALES, someone decided to stick up a few giant posters to promote the shirt that ENGLAND will be wearing at this summer's tournament. Rhydian Bowen Phillips shared the image on Twitter... https://twitter.com/RhydBowPhill/status/733225391331151872 Within minutes, tweets from similarly outraged Welsh football fans were pouring in. https://twitter.com/wpaulio/status/733237880362029057 https://twitter.com/CarylB84/status/733243222026293248 https://twitter.com/joeroberts1995/status/733241037154603008 Having clocked up many a retweet, it appears that JD were prompted into some form of action. https://twitter.com/JDhelpteam/status/733247991168008192 Wales face England in a Group B clash in Lens on June 16.

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