Articles tagged with "england"
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: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 21st, 2008
I feel like all that's missing from this picture is an umbrella. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 21st, 2008
Does anyone else wonder why three managers in a row (Sven, Steve van der Klarijn and now Fabio Capello) have wasted all their friendlies?
Seems like ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 20th, 2008
Here's tonight's lineup:
James, Brown, A Cole, Ferdinand, Terry (Captain), Beckham, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Defoe, Rooney.
Look familiar? Steve McClaren could easily have picked that team. So ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Aug 20th, 2008
That's a lot of two and ones in a title. A pretty strong looking England under 21 teams went one down to Slovenia, but came ...
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 18th, 2008
That's right, Michael Carrick has pulled out of the England squad with an ankle injury, and Jermaine Jenas has been called up to replace him.
It's ...
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 ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jul 28th, 2008
Interesting recent quote from Fabio Capello, concerning Frank Lampard's on-off (most likely off) move from Chelsea to Inter Milan:
"As England coach I would prefer it ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 14th, 2008
A last minute penalty robbed Greece's U-19 of a full three points on opening day of the 2008 U-19 Championships in the Czech Republic. The ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jul 14th, 2008
The Greek U-19 team know that history cannot be erased, but they will take a stab at tonight when they kick off their UEFA U-19 ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
Saw this coming, but it still hurts a bit. The latest FIFA World Rankings came out today, and England have dropped six places to 15th.
So ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jul 1st, 2008
...why can't we?
I always thought of Spain as our brothers in underachievement. Lots of quality players, but never in danger of actually winning another trophy. ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jun 27th, 2008
According to Goal.com and numerous other sources, former FIFA President João Havelange claims that the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cups were fixed so that ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 25th, 2008
In our latest Euro 2008 Podcast, we discuss the possibility of Euro 2008 expansion. Is 16 teams enough? Is co-hosting a good idea? I try ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 25th, 2008
Not much going on with England other than the constant reminders that we're not involved with Euro 2008. I'm sure Colin Kazim-Richards is a nice ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 24th, 2008
Something to read while under attack by birds, in Chicago:
One more Euro 2008 babe collection (SoccerLens)
Was it really a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 21st, 2008
Some news to read as you take a look at the world's ugliest dog:
Reactions from the Dutch camp (Netherlands blog)
The death of 4-4-2 (SI.com)
What Poland ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 21st, 2008
You'll probably read this on a hundred other websites, but Russia boss Guus Hiddink is plotting the downfall of his home nation today. Though the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 7th, 2008
So, Euro 2008 starts today and - unless there's been some major event I'm unaware of - England won't be there.
Instead of the usual (over) ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 4th, 2008
Despite the recent poor performances by Greece, Greece's slump was not enough to see the Greeks slip in the FIFA rankings. With a 8th place ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jun 2nd, 2008
I missed England's win over T&T because I went to see the Sex and the City movie with a certain special someone. Because I had ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 1st, 2008
No England. No Scotland. No Ireland, Northern Ireland or Wales. With Euro 2008 lacking any participation from the home nations (the first ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 31st, 2008
There's quite a big deal being made of the fact that David Beckham will captain England against Trinidad & Tobago tomorrow night. Yes, it's nice ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | May 29th, 2008
That match was blah, in every sense of the fricken' word.
Not many positives to take from this match for the Yanks. There were a ...
