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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.
Inaugural Wembley Cup set to host Barca, Celtic, Tottenham and Al-Ahly
Tournaments like Arsenal’s ‘Emirates Cup’ and AJAX’s ‘Amsterdam Tournament’ have become big draws for football fans looking for some quality football in the summer season. With high quality clubs and big venues, you almost get the same experience of an early season Champions League group stage match in what is the slowest time of the…
How To Solve A Problem Like Wayne Rooney
I was sitting in the East stand the day Wayne Rooney scored that thunderbolt against Newcastle back in 2005. We were coming to the end of what had been our worst season for our while, winning nothing and finishing third, the first time since the Premiership begun that we had gone two seasons without winning…
Who Will Host World Cups 2018 and 2022?
11 candidates have made official bids to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Nine of the candiates are interested in staging the tournament in either 2018 or 2022, while two are just bidding for 2022. Those to apply for both were England, Russia, Australia, the USA, Japan, Mexico, Indonesia and joint bids from…
The Curious Case Of Michael Owen
Following on from Neil Jones’s article about Newcastle’s current plight, I wondered about the plight of a man once dubbed ‘The Boy Wonder’ by Liverpool fans. Michael Owen. We are now into the final stages of the Premier League campaign, with a title race back on, and all four English clubs are into the last…
England’s squad for Slovakia and Ukraine
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 1st 2009. A win in this fixture will give England 5 wins out of 5, and with tricky away ties to Croatia…
Chris Kirkland is the answer to England’s No. 1 question
Titus Bramble should be given a place in the next England squad. Those were the bold words of Wigan keeper Chris Kirkland following his team’s weekend victory against Sunderland. An audacious view in many minds, but what about the keeper himself? Surely he should feel hard done to if he is not standing in the…
Making Sense Of The Beckham-Milan-Galaxy Arrangement
So…David Beckham will be playing for Milan this season as they stumble towards the finish line hoping that the front two will stumble even more. At this point Milan have more to worry about from the chasing pack with Fiorentina, Genoa and Roma a few points behind with 12 games in hand (Serie A league…
Football fork — May 6 2006 — Spurs boys skip lasagne, have a curry, qualify for Champions League
How could the pre-match ritual of a night in the Marriott before a big London fixture go so terribly wrong for Tottenham? Beat West Ham the following day, and Arsenal could not overake them in the race for the last of the Champions League spots. After tucking in to a lasagne, food poisoning overcame most…
Football Fork – June 21 2002: Ronaldinho leaves Brazil in the lurch as England march on to the semis
In 2002 the promise of Sven Goran Eriksson’s bright new era was scythed down by what would become familiar stumbling blocks: the quarter finals of a major tournament and defeat to Luiz Felipe Scolari. Big Phil’s reputation as one of the best coaches in the world was confirmed, leading in 2008 to his instalment as…
The Worst Football Teams of All Time
We gave you the Greatest Teams of All Time. Now, it’s time for the worst! Without further ado, let’s go over the criteria that I used: Expectations are Everything. Look at it this way. If you’re from Luxembourg, and you know that the only way you’re qualifying for the Euros is if you’re hosting it,…
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