European Championships

Sep 2, 2006 – England beat Andorra 5-0 in a somewhat pointless Euro 2008 qualifier. Having beaten Greece convincingly some time before in a friendly, McClaren’s “new England” are buoyant and enthusiastic about their future. Sep 12, 2007 – England …

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An excellent performance by England, defensively and offensively, although they had Michael Owen and Ashley Cole to thank the most for this win. Owen’s two first-half goals were capped by a rare Ferdinand finish as England weathered Russia’s late attacks …

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The Italy-France game turned out to be the scrappy affair we had been expecting as both teams failed to produce anything special in the goal-less draw. With harsh words exchanged between the two sides before the game and the recent …

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A comfortable, confident home win for England. McClaren’s men were seldom worried; Israel did nothing to exploit that gap that opened sometimes in front of England defence and with a defend-first policy, they were always going to be losing. The …

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I’m sure Jonathan Stevenson is a good person – he probably enjoys a drink every second hour or so, and a smoke every 15 minutes. He’s probably likes some gambling on the side too, and has a fondness for the …

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David Bentley’s withdrawal from the England U-21 squad is understandable, and I think there’s a very good reason why Bentley walked out.

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England beat Estonia 3-0, Cole scoring the first after 36 minutes (Bridge-Crouch-Cole) and then Beckham providing two excellent crosses for Crouch and Owen to score in the second half. David Beckham is back ladies and gentlemen, and he’s taking England …

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Arsene Wenger and Rafael Benitez have both spoken out against the current system of qualification for Euro 2008 (I’m sure they’ll say the same when World Cup 2010 comes along), and both are completely right in their arguments.

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So yes, England beat Andorra by 3 goals (should we be ashamed?), and now we can watch the rest of the Premiership season in peace without fretting over bad England performances.

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Long story short – Zahavi speaks to the Israeli press about the Israel v England game, talks about the England squad under Eriksson being jealous of Beckham and about the possible reaction in England towards McClaren if England loses to …

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I wonder how much The Sun and the Guardian pay their writers to transform interviews into juicy bits of gossip and fabricated tosh presented as news? I love reading the Guardian, but there are times when they lose sight of …

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This post is about the Israel qualifier in March 2007 – for the recent qualifying game (September 2007), see this article: England vs Israel, 8th Sep 07, Wembley. Yesterday, I foolishly allowed hope to replace reality. I wrote that McClaren’s …

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