England went down 1-0 to France in the Stade De France last night to a first half Ribery penalty. During the entire game England managed just one attempt on target. A look at the Sports pages of the...
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Tomorrow night England travel to Paris to take on France in a friendly international. There will be many other international friendlies going on all over the world. Wigan manager Steve Bruce has...
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England manager Fabio Capello has given a big hint that David Beckham could feature in the friendly in Paris on the 26th of this month. "There is a strong possibility that he will be...
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by daryl on November 01, 2007
The evil geniuses at Who Ate all the Pies? are putting together the worst ever England team in the history of worst ever England teams ever, as chosen by readers. They've already cobbled together...
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by daryl on October 18, 2007
Whatever happens next month, England fans can look forward to November. Either England will qualify for Euro 2008 by beating Croatia (and Israel helping us out by holding Russia to a draw) or England...
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by daryl on September 13, 2007
With 3-0 wins over Israel and Russian the Three Lions are now up to second place in Euro 2008 Qualifying Group E and masters of their own fate. And after so long of England being absolute dump,...
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by daryl on September 05, 2007
Stuart Pearce has been complaining this week that he doesn't have many potential England Under 21 players to look at in the Premiership. Apparently he had to go to see Southampton at home to Stoke...
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by daryl on August 14, 2007
The big lesson from opening weekend in the Premiership was that NetResult are working overtime. They're basically the Premiership's evil legal representatives, working round the clock to...
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by daryl on July 25, 2007
If you're an England fan, and feel like fretting about England's lack of squad depth, look no further than Football 365's Famous European Championship Ladder. It's a ranking of 50...
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by daryl on July 11, 2007
I think we can all agree that Jamie Carragher making himself unavailable for England selection is a bad thing. He's easily in the top three centre backs in England, he may be in the top two, he...
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by daryl on July 09, 2007
Interesting news recently that Jamie Carragher may be about to quit playing for England. Interesting for the following reasons: 1. It reflects the growing trend for players - especially one-club...
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by daryl on June 07, 2007
After an eternity of being vilified, Steve McClaren's England have now drawn with Brazil and then gone away and done a thoroughly professional job in Estonia. Beckham looked more like his old...
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by daryl on June 03, 2007
Seems McClaren's decision to recall David Beckham was the right one, if the right midfielder's impressive performance and floaty free kick (above) are anything to go by. But is it going to be...
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by daryl on March 24, 2007
I swear this has never happened before. Not under Sven, not under Kevin "tactics?" Keegan, not even under Graham Taylor. But for some reason, a small part of me wants England to lose today,...
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by daryl on March 23, 2007
So called "super-agent" Pini Zahavi has claimed that the reason for England's dismal World Cup was jealousy of David Beckham. The problem in the World Cup was that the players gave only...
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by daryl on November 24, 2006
England assistant coach Terry Venable piped up again this week, claiming "we" (he and Steve McClaren) were fitting cheeky (see picture) Man City midfielder Joey Barton for an England shirt....
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by daryl on November 15, 2006
The knives will be out for Steve McClaren after England's 1-1 draw with Holland tonight. There'll be complaints that going 4-3-3 to match the Dutch is cowardly, complaints that Andy Johnson...
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by daryl on November 10, 2006
What happened to all the experimentation McClaren promised us? I was seriously expecting to see guys like Arsenal's Theo Walcott, Wigan's Leighton Baines and Bolton's Kevin Nolan this...
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by daryl on November 10, 2006
Word is that Steve McLaren will include Manchester City's Micah Richards in his semi-experimental England squad today, for the upcoming friendly against Holland. Richards is only 18, but McLaren...
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by daryl on October 13, 2006
Mark Bosnich was listening to Talksport callers babble on about Beckham, McClaren and England yesterday, and decided to call in with his own observations. The Aussie keeper was at Man Utd when Becks...
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by daryl on October 13, 2006
Steve McClaren has dropped a fair sized hint that Theo Walcott could get a senior England recall for one of the two friendlies before Euro 2008 Qualifying resumes in March 2007. "We will use the...
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by daryl on October 12, 2006
1. There was probably a divot from an earlier goal kick that caused the bobble. 2. Paul Robinson should have taken a first touch, he had plenty of time. 3. At first it appears harsh that Gary Neville...
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