The street artist believes England can bring it home
A Cambridgeshire street artist has commemorated Harry Kane in a new mural – amid England’s triumphant World Cup journey so far. England did the unexpected and beat Mexico in the early hours of Monday (July 6), taking them through to the quarter finals against Norway on Saturday (July 11).
Fans across the country are excited, with some thinking it may finally be coming home. Popular Peterborough street artist and avid England fan Nathan Murdoch is one who has hope.
To mark England’s successful journey so far, Nathan has painted a mural featuring captain Harry Kane, just off the A47 in Eye. The mural replaces one of Gareth Southgate, which Nathan painted in the last Euros competition.
Nathan said: “For me, Gareth Southgate is in my lifetime one of the greats. It felt like he got a lot of negativity [at the time], which was unjustified.
“I would have liked to see him stay for this tournament, but I thought it’s time to bring it into current times.” Nathan believes Kane is “well on his way to making English history”. He added: “I thought he was the guy to do.”
The painting took around six to seven hours to complete. Nathan said it was an “absolute battle” to paint due to the corrugated surface. He added: “I have been spray painting for nearly 30 years, but working on corrugated, you can’t get the same level of detail.”
Nathan posted a video on social media of him painting the mural and it has gained nearly 500,000 views, making it one of Nathan’s most viewed social media videos in years.
He added: “I didn’t expect it to get nearly 500,000 views.” While England has been in the later stages of tournaments in the last few years, Nathan hopes they could win the whole tournament.
He said: “The older I get, I’ve followed England and I’ve shed many tears. After that Mexico performance, I believe.
“I said to someone the other day, when you get to this stage we’ve usually scraped through. But that Mexico game was a well deserved win. It was well earnt and changed my feeling. Anything is possible and it’s anyone’s tournament.”
Anyone who would like to see the mural can see it at What3Words location piglets.lousy.mere.
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