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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.
England Squad for Kazakhstan and Belarus, 11 and 15 Oct 2008
England play Kazakhstan at Wembley on Saturday 11 October before traveling aboard to play Belarus next Wednesday on 15 October. With 2 wins in their first two World Cup qualifying games England are expected to win the next two qualifiers as well, even though expectations that the wins will be in some style are probably…
ITV’s schedule for England’s World Cup 2010 Qualification
Watch live World Cup matches here. ITV announced last week it had agreed a deal with Setanta to broadcast highlights of all of England’s remaining World Cup 2010 away qualifying matches.
Football vs. nationalism – England vs. Germany
Get all the updates on the latest England-Germany match here. Football has developed quickly in many countries because it used to be part of the politics of the pursuit of power and the ideologies it serves. Rapidly, it became the expression of nationalism, patriotism and chauvinism, even before the international federations were established. More than…
England to play Slovakia and Slovenia friendlies in 2009
England will play friendly internationals against Slovakia and Slovenia at Wembley in 2009. Fabio Capello’s side will face Slovakia on 28 March, three days before the home World Cup qualifier against Ukraine. Slovenia will be England’s opponents on 5 September ahead of the Group six match against Croatia on 9 September. Capello: “It’s very important…
An end to the boo-boys?
There’s a sense of euphoria about the England team following the result against Croatia in Zagreb, a much-needed and timely boost to our game. However, for me it’s somewhat tarnished. Fabio Capello’s admission that the England players play better away from Wembley, away from their own fans, is a sad indictment of the national game….
Arsenal must protect Walcott
The last two under-20 promising England strikers to hit the headlines ended up leading the front line for club and country at a very young age – not the ideal circumstances to groom a young player into an established superstar. Michael Owen at 1998, Rooney at Euro 2004 – both players ended up having their…
Theo Walcott – the Second Coming
Two years on from Sven-Goran Eriksson’s quick gamble on Theo Walcott, and the flutter has finally paid off for England. The then 17-year-old’s selection for the 2006 World Cup was a surprise at the time and a mistake in retrospect. Eriksson found the youngster was not quite the player he expected and felt unable to…
England Will Always Lose Because Its Players Cannot Adapt
I can’t help but think that the Guardian’s Rob Smyth said it best the other day when he blamed overly-high expectations for England on two things: the mass-marketed ‘Golden Generation’ featuring the usual suspects – Gerrard, Lamps, Becks, Rio, Rooney and so on – and more importantly, on England’s famous 5-1 brutalization of Germany in…
Tackling the Talent Gap in England
Fabio Capello’s England squad selection for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia asked more questions than it answered. The inclusion of Jimmy Bullard and omission of Michael Owen garnered the most press, but one or two other absences have induced bemused faces on Fleet Street. The real concern should be that a vast…
Five Things We Know About England
Watch England v Croatia live online. They say that history repeats itself. In England’s case, stupidity repeats itself, ad nauseam. You could drive yourself insane hypothesizing how England will line up against Croatia (doesn’t matter if players lack discipline and composure), criticising lack of upcoming talent (yes, we get it) or for fun’s sake, put…
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