Follows the England national football team around the world and contains all news covering their matches and issues. If you’re looking for coverage of England’s passage through the international tournaments, you’ve come to the right place.
Also includes coverage of England managers (past and present) such as Sven Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, as well as England players David Beckham and Wayne Rooney. Also see: England’s 2010 World Cup qualifying fixtures.
Today’s transfer round-up throws up some pretty spicy news indeed. A couple of them are sort of drag-ons, follow-ups rather, but there has been a rather interesting development, or shall we say, a retrogressive development, as far as Liverpool...
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Today’s report is brought to you by Alessandra Ambrosio and Cristiano Ronaldo and because we’ve been away for a while, by the lovely...
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With Fabio Capello at the helm, there is no doubt in my mind that England’s football future is looking bright. Of course being Italian I’m a bit biased, but Don Fabio is a winner and as such, the man usually likes to pick...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 18 comments
It is always good to see passion in sport but it’s becoming rarer among players, maybe due to the fact that you’re now not allowed to incite any kind of passion in your own or the opposition’s supporters, whether you’ve scored...
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So it is that time again, Germany v England in Berlin on Wednesday night. And what better way to get a different perspective on a rivalry that has had as much written about...
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England will play Germany at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Wednesday 19 November 2008.
England were last in Berlin to play West Germany for their 1972 European Championship Quarter Final second-leg which ended in a goalless draw. The last...
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Today’s Soccerlens Daily is brought to you by the lovely Lucy Pinder:
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Who is the best footballer in the World?
Whilst it would be hard to argue with the fact Critiano Ronaldo had the best season, I don’t agree this necessarily makes him the most skilful player on the planet. At United, I’d much rather...
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Many people admire Alex Ferguson. He is undoubtedly one of the best managers ever to have been involved in the game, and his record with Manchester United speaks for itself.
Unfortunately, Fergie himself also speaks; predominantly about referees....
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Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, on being asked about the possibility of one day donning gloves for England:
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The result read England 3, Belarus 1, with Steven Gerrard on the score sheet, and yet like night following day, the pundits were still assessing Capello’s success in dealing with on one of the most tired clichés in Modern Football – Gerrard...
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Five goals in three games have announced Wayne Rooney’s return to international prominence. His performance against Belarus last night, and the build-up to it against Croatia and Kazakhstan, indicate that the Manchester United striker is ready...
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So, four games into the qualification campaign for World Cup 2010 and England sit clear at the top of their group with twelve points.
An unimpressive win over Andorra was followed by a scintillating performance in Croatia. Then, last Saturday...
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European Cup after World Cup have seen a snowballing of disappointment for the English football masses. Spain winning Euro 2008 has pushed our reputation as underachievers further down the lav.
And like such great philosophical musings as;...
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Ahead of tonight’s clash with England, we give you the lowdown on all things Belarus.
1. Alexander Hleb
The former Arsenal man was a Gunners favourite (at least until he started shooting his mouth off about the club...
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The current group of players who wear the England shirt are the proportion of the premier League dream team. The likes of Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney, Ferdinand and John Terry would be welcome in any squad in Europe. Before you click away thinking I am...
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Written by Anthony McGuane. 2 comments
I’m afraid that in the past few seasons when it comes to the English national team the scales have finally fallen away from my eyes–well, admittedly my eyes are failing–with a great crash.
Apart from the scoreline, which...
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The FA has told the Spanish Federation that a forthcoming friendly match between England and Spain will not take place in Madrid because of fears England’s players would be subjected to racist abuse. The last time the two teams met in a friendly...
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Written by Rob Parker. One comment
The England team is a strange animal. They are some of the best-paid professionals in a game pretty much every bloke in this part of the world has played at some point of their lives, supported by tens of millions of fanatics, with...
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We didn’t have to wait too long for the boo boys to resurface at Wembley on Saturday. Yes, Ashley Cole’s backpass was lazy and I doubt he’d ever do that in a Chelsea shirt, but to boo one of your own players when you’re winning a game?
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It was all set up. Six points out of six, a crowd of 90,000 passionate and expectant fans and coming off the back of a fabulous 4-1 win in Croatia. The opponents? Kazakhstan, who have never qualified for anything and were at Wembley to just play a...
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England coach Fabio Capello has urged fans not to boo his side if they struggle to break Kazakhstan down today. The Italian has made the plea ahead of this afternoon’s match at Wembley. England fans have always had high expectations for their...
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Comedians Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse poke fun at the seemingly endless national anthems of some of the teams England come up against (and also at the disinterested approach of many England players).
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Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey has always been something of an enigma and that doesn’t seem to change with age. The Wigan man is a bit of a Marmite footballer - you either love him or you hate him. He was one of the golden boys of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s...
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It probably had not escaped your attention that 22-year-old Wayne Rooney was fast-developing the hairline of a man twice his age. Rather than spend his life picking the latest clump of ginger hair from his pillow, the England striker has decided to...
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Written by Rob Parker. 4 comments
It’s just come to my notice that England Under-21s are actually a quite brilliant side! They haven’t lost for three years and in that time they’ve won 16 and drawn nine, averaging over two goals scored per game. Not bad going by anyone’s standards.
With...
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Former Arsenal player Alexander Hleb (now at Barcelona) had this to say about Fabio Capello’s rules:
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Aside from the Gerrard/Lampard debate, England’s traditional selection problem has been who to play on the left-wing due to a dearth of decent candidates. The current conundrum is who to play on the right, but the reasons are quite opposite.
Fabio...
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Manchester United fans from the start of the 1990s will probably remember Lee Sharpe. Arsenal fans of that era will probably remember him too, albeit in a less enthusiastic manner.
In the 1990-91 season, Sharpe was an electric, precocious teenager...
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It’s great being an England fan. The despair and doom and gloom hanging over the team and indeed, over the entirety of English football, has been transformed into a genuine belief that we are going to win the 2010 World Cup on the basis of one performance...
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