ENGLAND'S victory over old rivals Argentina was a result many football fans will treasure forever.

And for Bordon man Roger Sansom (36), who is not interested in football, the match also holds a special significance.

For the clash, which competition winner Mr Sansom, of Ashmead Road, saw live in Sapporo Dome, North Japan was the first football match he has ever seen!

"I didn't understand a thing that was going on because I've never seen a football match in my life - not even on TV," said Mr Sansom, a door fabricator at Total Profiles Ltd in Woolmer Way.

And he would still not have seen a single football match, had he not won two tickets to the most eagerly anticipated game after applying for a bank card in the Petersfield branch of Barclays.

Even though he has never been interested in football, he did not want to miss the chance of a lifetime and took workmate David Stanley (46) along with him.

Mr Stanley, from Aldershot, who follows football, said that the match was "awesome" and the atmosphere in the stadium was "brilliant".

"After the game I could hardly talk because I had been shouting so loudly. The result was great, but I knew we could do it," he said.

Mr Stanley plays five-a-side football and used to be a youth coach for Aldershot Boys.

He spent most of the 90 minutes explaining the game to Mr Sansom.

"He was reeling off the names of the players to me and explaining how the game worked," said Mr Sansom.

But even though Mr Sansom was not a keen football fan, he still agreed that the atmosphere was "electric".

"It was unbelievable - my first football match and what a one to watch. The game only seemed like it lasted five minutes. It was unbelievable - I don't know how else to describe it," he said.

Both men celebrated the country's success into the early hours of Saturday morning before boarding the flight back to Heathrow.

The trip was also the first time Mr Sansom had ever been on a plane.

But the excitement of being in the thick of the action has not changed Mr Sansom's mind about the game.

"It hasn't really sparked off an interest in the game," he said.

But he did watch the nail-biting England/ Nigeria match on Wednesday, which saw England go through to the quarter finals after a 0-0 draw.

And he is still suffering from a sore throat after cheering the England team to victory in Japan.

England face group A winners Denmark tomorrow (Saturday) in Niigata, Japan at 12-30 pm.