Articles tagged with "england-team-news"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 7th, 2009
Alex Ferguson was recently asked whether just-back-from-injury Wayne Rooney would be fit enough for the England squad to play Spain.
Here's his response, with the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 5th, 2009
It had become fashionable to think David Beckham didn't belong in an England shirt while he was trudging through MLS games. And there was a ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 28th, 2009
It's official. We've sent FIFA a letter saying "we want to host World Cup 2018 please" and FIFA have sent one back saying "we have ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 23rd, 2009
Not much England news to report lately (although Emile Heskey joining Villa should be filed under good news, I think).
But international football will be back ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Dec 30th, 2008
When news that Steven Gerrard was assisting police with their inquries filtered through yesterday, I crossed fingers, toes, legs and everything else and hoped it ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Dec 14th, 2008
Wayne Rooney Antics Via Aalborg 10-dec-2008 - video powered by Metacafe
Because it was a Wayne Rooney stampy tantrum like the one against AaB last week ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Dec 3rd, 2008
So happy days are here again. We're top of World Cup Qualifying UEFA Group Four by five points and we just beat Germany in Berlin. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 19th, 2008
A win over Germany, in Germany, and a solid performance. Can't ask for much more than that.
Awful goalkeeping from Rene Adler allowed Matty Upson to ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 19th, 2008
Starting XI looks like this:
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- James -- -- -- -- -- -- --
-- Johnson -- -- Terry ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 19th, 2008
The list of injuries continues to grow. But this one sounds like something much worse than the "internationalitis" that has afflicted the likes of Lampard ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
I'll bet it's hard work picking a team for an England friendly. Because there's more at stake than just winning the game. It's about getting ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
The upcoming game against Germany raises a straightforward but possibly difficult question: Who are England's biggest rivals?
The three obvious candidates are (in alphabetical order) Argentina, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 17th, 2008
I was wondering how and if Fabio Capello was going to address the old Lampard/Gerrard problem against Germany. But wonder no more, the problem is ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 15th, 2008
A few shocks in Fabio Capello's England squad for the game against Germany. And I like it.
First of all, a lot of familiar names missing. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 14th, 2008
We've clawed our way back into the top 10 of FIFA World Rankings. Hooray? No?
OK, maybe not the most spectacular achievement ever. And we're really ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 11th, 2008
It's squad selection time for the grudge match friendly against Germany pretty soon. Rumour has it that David Beckham won't be making the trip, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Nov 4th, 2008
You know when our next World Cup qualifier is? April 1st, 2009, that's when. Long way away.
Before we continue the march to South Africa ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 26th, 2008
Wow. England must be doing well, because all of a sudden even non-English players want to play for us.
Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia will become a ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 15th, 2008
John Terry's armband understudy tore down England's WAG-laden World Cup 2006 in yesterday's press conference. Prepare to read and nod in agreement:
"If I'm honest, we ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 13th, 2008
The good folks on Sky's Sunday Supplement gathered for coffee again this weekend (sans Jimmy Hill of course, he's no longer invited) and discussed the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Oct 6th, 2008
Fabio Capello crossed his fingers through the Premier League weekend and hoped for no injuries. And he mostly got his wish. Wayne Rooney and Ashley ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Sep 12th, 2008
Now that Theo-mania is dying down (actually it's not, but just just pretend it is) I think it's time we mentioned Wayne Rooney. The Shrek ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 28th, 2008
This is not good news. Steven Gerrard is having surgery on a minor groin injury, which will keep him out of the World Cup qualifiers ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 25th, 2008
If there was any doubt how much damage the recent game against the Czech Republic did to English perceptions of Fabio Capello, then this should ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 19th, 2008
It looked for all the world like Rio Ferdinand was going to be the new England captain. But he's not, it's John Terry, again.
Apparently Fabio ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 16th, 2008
Here's Fabio Capello's 23 man squad for the game against Czech Republic on Wednesday:
Goalkeepers: David James (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (Blackburn Rovers), Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Defenders: ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 13th, 2008
The dust on the Euro debacle had settled and I was starting to buy into the idea of wishing Steve McClaren good luck at FC ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 12th, 2008
The friendly against Czech Republic is just over a week away (Wednesday, August 20 at Wem-ber-lee) and Fabio will name his squad on Saturday.
Rumours (or ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 8th, 2008
Seems the English FA are the only home nation keen on fielding a Great Britain team at the 2012 Olympics. FA boss man Brian Barwick ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 7th, 2008
Germany Legends beat England Legends 5-1 last night in the first Derek Dooley Cup at Bramall Lane.
I didn't realize the word legend was elastic enough ...
