Articles tagged with "group-b"
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 26th, 2006
1) Sven may want to go to Chelsea, but they won't have him.
2) Big Sam reckons the FA should choose an Englishman...say a stout fellow ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 26th, 2006
The caretaker gaffer at Newcastle declares that Michael Owen will be fit for the World Cup. If not, he has a slightly used Shearer ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 25th, 2006
Probably most of these guys won't be going to Germany this summer (unless Lil'Mick keeps breaking down). But they're worth keeping an eye on.
Aaron ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 24th, 2006
"The specialists say everything is fine, but to speed the process, they need to tighten the screw they inserted when I had the operation."
Does ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 23rd, 2006
So The Man Who Would Be Blair thinks he's doing everyone a favor by freezing duties on champagne through the summer so that English fans ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 23rd, 2006
1) The actual solid-gold Jules Rimet trophy visits England today. The key words being "visits" and "today," sorry...
2) Big Phil says FA should keep thinking ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 22nd, 2006
1) Might Sven be off to manage South Africa? (Do they have sheiks there?)
2) Big Phil: "Me talk with the FA? Never."
3) Guus ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 21st, 2006
Earlier today I blogged about Rafael Benitez's sensible claims that the accelerated FA Cup schedule (arranged to suit Sven's plans to get his lads all ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 21st, 2006
Franz Beckenbauer says of the new Wembley stadium: "when it is finished in a few months it will be the best stadium in the ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 21st, 2006
Rafael Benitez has spoken out against the accelerated FA Cup schedule that finds him needing both Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard for the second time ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 20th, 2006
Shawn Levy is film critic of The Oregonian, the author of four books about popular culture and a busy blogger.
None of ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 20th, 2006
The BBC web site begins a nifty new series of posts evaluating various players hopeful of making the side for Germany according to their England ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 20th, 2006
A big ol' piece of the New Wembley collapsed today, sending the 3500 construction workers on the site scurrying just one day before a ceremonial ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 20th, 2006
Over the course of the past few months, World Cup Blog has offered its infallible predictions for each of the World Cup groups. We ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
This sounds like a real fit.
The FA have apparently been talking with Luiz Filipe Scolari.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
Oh happy UK TV viewers: you will have the first glimpse at a documentary about the serious, charitable, hard-working side of David Beckham. ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
Says Sven of the man of the match from England's last friendly:
"He knows when to do tricks and when not to. You should never take ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
England have friendly warm-ups planned against Hungary and Jamaica, but Sven is said to be trying to squeeze in another against Belarus.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
My what a busy weekend of chatter!
1) Sven says he's not headed to Juventus....
2)....While Juve manager Fabio Capello says he's not headed to England.
3) Over ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 19th, 2006
Cross of St. George portable iPod speakers!
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 18th, 2006
Our England blog tipped us off to the latest in all things David Beckham. The bottle blond goddess may be trading in his number ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 18th, 2006
War rages, the polar ice caps are melting, famine and viruses and intolerance spread unchecked, and we still don't know if Tom Cruise and that ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 17th, 2006
-- Steve McClaren beat Roma! Let's have him!
-- "Stuart Pearce should stay put and enjoy his brilliant Man City success" ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 17th, 2006
Little hints about this and that fellow hopeful of one of the remaining spots on Sven's roster:
-- With Wayne Bridge healthy for the moment, ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 16th, 2006
"War jokes are irresistible because Germans don't find them remotely funny, and there is something deliciously British about making a joke about people who don't ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 16th, 2006
Most of us heading to Germany this summer can look forward to spending a few nights sleeping on trains or in rank little hotels charging ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 15th, 2006
Two months to final team selection, and Sven is worried about the fitness of Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole and Lil' Mick Owen. Especially Lil' ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 15th, 2006
Sir Trevor Brooking, Football Association director of football development, says of England's football-playing youth, "our teenage hopefuls are a long way behind the technical skills ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 15th, 2006
Three Middlesborough fans stabbed in Rome on eve of UEFA Cup replay.
And a hearty buongiorno to you, too!
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 15th, 2006
Guardian columnist Simon Hattenstone sees things my way, opining that the list of English managers being tipped for Sven's job is a second-rate bunch.
(BTW, "Ip ...
