Billingham Catholic Club is planning to change its name to Bellingham Catholic Club if it goes England’s way in the World Cup semi-final.The Stockton-on-Tees social club’s name is one letter off star player Jude Bellingham, who has propelled the team’s campaign forward with six goals in the tournament so far.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBar manager Sean Rowbottom said if England beat Argentina on Wednesday, he would make a “very swift phone call to the sign writers” to see if a sign could be made in time for Sunday’s final against Spain.The second option would be to “just go up the ladder with a pot of paint and paint it on”, he said.Rowbottom told BBC Radio Tees getting a new sign made up in three days would be a challenge, “but one that I’m sure we could rise to”.The social club in Stockton planned to change its name after star player Jude Bellingham [BBC / Ian Wood]He expected a full house for the match against Argentina later.”We stayed open for the 02:00 BST kick-off against Mexico, which was an experience, one I’m not keen to repeat any time soon,” Rowbottom said.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”But the club was fairly busy for it, which is what we needed.”They had also been getting into the spirit during games with a pass-the-hat game, where punters paid £1 and whoever was wearing the garment at half and full time won the pot.England’s semi-final against Argentina is due to kick off at 20:00 BST on Wednesday.Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.Football fan thrilled to meet hero BellinghamBritish Maradona lookalike backs England to winArgentinians in South East expect close semi-final
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