England fan turfs his front room for World Cup

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With a day to go until kick off and two days until England play the US, you've probably already seen plenty of flag-covered houses, cars and pubs. And from the outside this looks like any other house...
...but inside the semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, Dan Taylor has transformed his living room into a mini football pitch for the World Cup. He shares the pad with his twin brother.
England fan Dan, who's a legal secretary, thinks he used about 100 sq ft of turf but says it only took a couple of hours to lay. "I put some flags up and I put some bunting up but I looked around the room and I just thought something was lacking."
He admits he's not much of a gardener: "The reason I did it was obviously for the World Cup. It was simply a case of just going down the gardening centre and picking up the turf."
Dan doesn't own a watering can either so had to improvise. He said: "It looked better on Saturday when I did it. We had a few drinks and spilt quite a few beers on the carpet. I'm not sure it'll last the World Cup."
Despite the sign, Dan and his mates have been playing football on the new pitch already.
The tournament hasn't even started yet but it's already looking a bit rough in places.
Dan's mum Katherine owns the house and Newsbeat was there when he showed her the pitch for the first time. She said: "It's fantastic. He said, 'I've got something semi-good to tell you'. It's absolutely brilliant."
Katherine took it quite well. She said: "I think it's brilliant. I'm so proud I've got such an innovative son."