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A monument chronicling 124 years of England’s footballing hurt by listing every defeat suffered by the team between 1874 and 1998 has sold at auction for £425,000.

The monument chronicling 124 years of England's footballing hurt by listing every defeat suffered by the team between 1874 and 1998 which has sold at auction for a staggering £425,000.

The monument chronicling 124 years of England’s footballing hurt by listing every defeat suffered by the team between 1874 and 1998 which has sold at auction for a staggering £425,000. Image by Sothebys/PA Wire

Starting with a 2-1 defeat to Scotland, the magnificent granite sculpture charts more than a century of England’s footballing failures, finishing with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Romania in the 1998 World Cup.

The gloomy untitled piece was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and was auctioned by Sotheby’s as part of its Bear Witness art sale, which has already generated £26.5 million.

(Press Association)