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England fans who never came home from Mexico 1986 reunite in USA

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**EMBARGOED UNTIL 14.00HRS BST, JUNE 22, 2026** Gary Allen (4R), Stuart Bates (5R) and Steve Dawson - AKA Texas Steve (R) reunited at the England v Croatia match. // England fans who went to the 1986 World Cup and never came back were reunited in the USA at last night's game - with one even blagging his way into a Croatian VIP box. Gary Allen, Stuart Bates, David Arnold and Garry Hardwicke jetted off to Mexico 40 years ago to follow the Three Lions while they were aged between 20 and 23. Not one of them returned to the UK and went on to forge new lives for themselves across United States of America and Mexico where they settled down in new careers, got married and had children. Yesterday (Wed) Gary, 63, who now lives in Atlanta, and Stuart, 63, who lives in Texas, were reunited at an England game for the first time in decades as they came together to watch England's 4-2 thriller against Croatia. Gary and his son were even able to gatecrash a Croatian VIP bo... </div> <div class= Read Entire Article
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