The American musician Courtney Love, former frontwoman of Hole, has become an enthusiastic supporter of the England men's football team during this summer's FIFA World Cup, sharing her excitement across social media. In an Instagram reel she compared England's dramatic 3-2 win over Mexico to seeing punk and rock legends at their peak, declaring: "It wasn't a football game, it was The Clash in 1977!" The story is a light-hearted look at an unexpected celebrity conversion, given Love's status as a defining figure of 1990s US alternative rock.

Love, a long-standing Anglophile who has lived in England since 2019 and recently applied for British citizenship, posted footage before the match on 6 July waving an England flag and playing the terrace anthem "Three Lions". After the game at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, she praised the team as "so beautiful", urged them to repeat the feat against Norway in the quarter-final on 11 July, and even echoed manager Thomas Tuchel by warning that players including Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Marc Guehi and Nico O'Reilly risk suspension if they collect further yellow cards. The reel appears to have since been deleted.