Fabio Capello – distinguished football manager (and former Italian international), having won many league and cup titles, including Serie A, La Liga and the Champions League. Fabio Capello has a reputation for being totalitarian in training and for shunning ‘pretty football’ for the sake of results. He also has one of the most impressive art collections in Italy. He currently manages the England national team (Fabio Capello profile).
Fabio Capello is not one to give too much away, his demeanour surly enough for ITV’s Clive Tyldsley to describe the Italian as “old poker face” during last night’s dead-rubber win over Belarus at Wembley. But prior to the game,...
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Written by Neil Jones. 2 comments
1966 was a great year, or so I’m told by those of an age able to remember it.
It has been a long time since England lifted the highest honour in International football, too long in fact, and many have been brave enough to predict South Africa...
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Written by Matthew. 8 comments
‘If in doubt, get it out!’ It’s a cry heard from many a parent and even coaches every weekend around the country at junior football games.
It’s a cry that can sum up in a nutshell the attitude English football has carried for many years....
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England qualifications are not used to happen this way. Where was the last-gasp heroic goal, the nervous, stuttering qualification that went down to the wire, the sharpening of knives for the manager? Where was the unconvincing qualification, overlooked...
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On episode nine of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by FourFourTwo’s man in Madrid, Tim Stannard, to talk about Spanish football and La Liga.
The show will be...
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Written by Stephen Darwin. 4 comments
England are in pole position to qualify from Group Six for the 2010 World Cup and they’ll move one step closer to that target when they beat Ukraine at Wembley on Wednesday, April...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 11 comments
Air Beckham landed yesterday in Milan.
The move has been criticised by some who see it as a ‘glamour’ signing for Milan and a ‘fashion capital’ move for the Beckhams, but Beckham has always had his critics on and off...
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Written by Steve Amoia. 8 comments
While football success and failure is usually measured season to season, from August to May, the end of an year gives an opportunity to look back on the calender twelve months and see who we think has been worthy of appearing in this column.
Here’s...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 13 comments
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. We have a lot of juicy bits to get to, including an unlikely career resurrection, an even more unlikely spending spree, and a family reunion you thought you would see when Hell froze over.
Arsenal...
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Written by Victor Li. 6 comments
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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Written by Rob Parker. 4 comments
