Another horrible performance by England today against Algeria, and suddenly a team that some pundits had reaching the semi-finals could not make it out of the group stages. In order to progress in the World Cup England need to beat Slovenia next Wednesday. With only one goal in 180 minutes of World Cup play, it […]
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The BBC reports that England coach Fabio Capello is set to drop the West Ham man from goal for their match against Algeria and put Pompey’s 39 year old keeper David James in the goal for England. A breathtaking error by Green gave the United s States a 1-1 draw in Saturday’s tournament opener. An […]
Switzerland pulled off a shock of the World Cup so far as they beat European champions Spain 1-0. Gelson Fernandes was the hero for Switzerland as his goal in the 52nd minute ended Spain’s run of 12 straight wins and handed Spain only its second loss in 50 games. The win was Switzerland’s first ever […]
In a football match, everything is complicated by the presence of the other team. Sartre certainly got that one right. I would add the addendum that everything is further complicated by the contrivances of one’s manager. And there isn’t a man on this planet who would agree more than England keeper Robert Green. All of […]
Every four years the cry goes up from Newcastle to Southampton; this is the year the cup comes back to England. The fever seems particularly keen this year. England’s official cup anthem, Bring it Home, captures both the determination and the unmistakable whiff of arrogance that has always been part of England’s sense of it’s […]
Friday was not a good day for Premier League stars in South Africa. First came the news that England captain Rio Ferdinand will miss the World Cup after injuring himself in training. That was followed by news that Ivory Coast and Chelsea star Didier Drogba had fractured his elbow in a warm-up game against Japan. […]
Rio Ferdinand will miss the World Cup after injuring himself in training. The new England skipper suffered a knee-ligament injury at the end of training on Friday lunchtime on England’s first full day in South Africa. He was immediately sent to a local hospital for a scan by manager Fabio Capello but the news has […]