England
Thu, August 9th 2007
In a BBC interview, Fifa vice-president has declared his dislike of England and how he will fight to derail England’s World Cup 2018 bid.
“There are moves to give it to England. I must fight that.
“It will be Italy, Spain, or even France who will get the World Cup if it goes to Europe.”
With no disrespect to Italy, Spain or France, but all three of those countries have hosted the World Cup since England, and must be less deserving than other European nations to hold the championships.
Warner goes on to claim that the Concacef should host the tournament, despite one his arguments against England being:
“England invented the sport but has never had made any impact on world football.”
From: BBC
Mon, November 6th 2006
Italians and French dominate best eleven
Barcelona and Brazil’s Ronaldinho has been named the world’s top player for the second time in succession in FIFPro’s poll of over 40,000 players worldwide.
Thu, October 12th 2006
New coach's honeymoon period over
A sample of the media criticism levelled at the England team and management after their dismal 2-nil defeat to Croatia.
Wed, October 11th 2006
With Jamie Carragher and Scott Parker included in tonight’s England team, the much advertised five man midfield now contains their 2 full-backs, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville.
Surely that makes it a 5 man defence, rather than a 5 man midfield.
Mon, October 9th 2006
Venables to push for his favoured 5 man midfield
Newspapers having been reporting with increasing frequency that England are to start playing a 3-5-2 formation for their Euro qualifier against Croatia. England’s players don’t seem to want it, and coach McClaren seems happier with a 4-4-2. Is Terry Venables finally getting his way?
Tue, September 19th 2006
31 year old United star likely to turn down pivotal role
Owen Hargreaves’ broken leg has prompted the England management team to try and tempt Paul Scholes out of his international retirement.
Tue, September 5th 2006
European minnows should face pre-qualification
With the new expanded European qualifiers starting at the weekend, it has become obvious that there are too many poor quality nations competing.
England 5 - Andorra 0
Defoe and Crouch score two goals apiece as McClaren’s perfect start as England coach continued.
Wed, August 16th 2006
England 4 - Greece 0
England gave new coach Steve McClaren a perfect start by scoring four first half goals against a poor Greece side in a friendly at Old Trafford.
Fri, August 11th 2006
No Beckham - Large Manchester Utd influence
David Beckham looks unlikely to add to his 94 England caps as the 31 year old was left out of new England coach Steve McClaren’s first England squad.
Winners are West Ham’s Dean Ashton, and a large number of former McClaren players from his time at Manchester Utd.