Articles tagged with "group-b"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
We've taken a look at the teams that impressed and distressed during this week's friendlies, now let's take a gander at which World Cup groups ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 2nd, 2006
Peter Osgood, the spiritual and goal-scoring leader of the great Chelsea teams of the Swinging Sixties, died suddenly of a heart attack at age 59 ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 2nd, 2006
Uh-oh. The stadium in Frankfurt, where England open against Paraguay, is falling down.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 2nd, 2006
There is -- what is the technical term? -- an assload of stuff out there today about yesterday, which I will sift through in a ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
I was impressed by the resilliency Sven's Men showed in the second half. Down 1-0, playing without several key elements, a young team pressed ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
(That was a good bowl of soup -- Progresso Italian Wedding with little meatballs and noodles!)
Subs: King for Terry, Jenas for Gerrard
And Uruguay changes ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
PRE-GAME
New kits: forgive me, but I could give a toss.
The black armbands? For Bestie? The Queen Mum? Jonathan Woodgate?
Uruguay has some ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
Inspired by the example of my stalwart boss, Bob, I will not only be tinkering with live streams of matches today, but I will attempt ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 1st, 2006
Frank Lampard pulled a hamstring in training and will sit out tonight's friendly.
(That sucks.)
And here's the resultant first team:
P Robinson; G Neville, R Ferdinand, J ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
Dwight Yorke scoring goals again on English soil; the world feels right again. Yorke, who made his name scoring goals in England for many ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 28th, 2006
Kevin McCarra argues that he is, and that it bodes well for his performance in Germany. When I think of Rooney's performances in his ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 28th, 2006
-- Darren Bent will be capped.
-- Ashley Cole is hurt again
-- Rafa Benitez hopes Sven will spare Steven Gerrard and Sven says he ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 27th, 2006
England's likely first-team keeper, Paul Robinson, says that Sven's just fine with him and the other lads and that the media should be ashamed with ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 27th, 2006
Michael Owen thinks he might be back on the pitch as soon as three weeks from now, when Newcastle face Chelsea in the FA ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 27th, 2006
1) He says the World Cup side still has some openings.
2) He says the FA better hurry up and choose his successor -- but better ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 27th, 2006
For those, like me, who haven't been following the ups and downs of the first-ever World Cup winning nation, a quick overview of the Uruguay ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 27th, 2006
Our Captain had to leave the pitch in his league match at Majorca on Sunday because he tweaked his back.
No jokes about schlepping a sack ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 26th, 2006
Sometimes writing a punchline seems just so much wasted energy: "It's totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school."
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 26th, 2006
Says Sven: we're going to the semi-finals at least in Germany.
I hate statements like this -- particularly as we're running into injury trouble and seeing ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 26th, 2006
So here they are, the 23 hearty souls Sven has chosen to play against Uruguay on Wednesday:
G: Robinson (Tottenham), Green (Norwich), James (Man City) ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 25th, 2006
Has Jonathan Woodgate ruled himself out for Germany?
Could be.
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 25th, 2006
Sven is hinting that he might try Rio Ferdinand in the midfield.
This is madness. Sol's not nearly certain, for starters, and Rio has been ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 25th, 2006
Never mind how horrible it was to see Alan Smith given oxygen and carried off the pitch last weekend.
According to Sir Alex Ferguson, "he should ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 24th, 2006
So only one person bothered to respond to my you-pick-the-team query yesterday, and it turned out to be Sven!
Among other things, he says
1) ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 22nd, 2006
Real say that it was merely a strain. We'll see.
But this photo gives an inkling of the crepuscular air the lad's been sporting ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 21st, 2006
Jonathan Woodgate, who looked like Dracula's lighting double when interviewed on the BBC over the weekend, had to leave Real Madrid's Champions League match against ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 21st, 2006
It's being hinted widely that Michael Owen will be ready to play again next month in Newcastle's FA Cup match against Chelsea. That's good ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 21st, 2006
The shoe that everybody just knew was going to fall finally has: Wembley will not be ready in time for England's upcoming friendies ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 20th, 2006
As The Sun is proud to report, the luxury hotel at which England will be staying in Germany includes co-ed nude spa facilities. If ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Feb 19th, 2006
"We could have done without this, leading up to the World Cup," says David Beckham of the circus surrounding Sven's departure and replacement.
Later ...
