As I was ill last week I’ve rolled this into 2 weeks of winners and losers Winners Jadon Sancho We start with the man who made a bit of history … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown: This weeks English winners & losers
Part 3 of our look back at the greats who never played a World Cup- as we’re getting into the top 10 the biographies are a little longer… 10. Bernd … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown- The 20 Greatest players never to play a World Cup (Part 3)
With the World Cup moving ever closer which English players pushed their claims this week? Winners Joe Hart Man of the match as West Ham pulled six points clear of … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown: England’s weekly winners and losers
We continue the countdown of those great talents who never got to perform on the games biggest stage from 15 to 11… 15. Liam Brady (Republic of Ireland) The silky … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown- The 20 Greatest players never to play a World Cup (Part 2)
Most of the World’s great players have graced football’s biggest stage at some point in their career but a few never made it, here’s a countdown of the 20 best … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown- The 20 Greatest Players never to play a World Cup (part 1)
With only 7 weeks left to impress which players enhanced and eroded their World Cup chances this weekend? Winners Dele Alli Apparently out of form and nursing a fading World … Continue Reading World Cup Countdown: England winners & losers
That’s it the next time England get together their 23 man World Cup squad will have been announced. Gareth Southgate has opted to make his final squad early rather than … Continue Reading Who makes the plane?
After their impressive win over Holland on Friday there was always the danger that a much changed England team would deflate expectations with a poor performance, as happened 2 years … Continue Reading England 1-1 Italy: VAR penalty cancels out Vardy strike
After beating Holland last Friday England continue their World Cup preparations with a date at Wembley against another fallen superpower of world football; Italy. Whereas Holland and in full rebuild … Continue Reading England v Italy preview
It’s fair to say an England friendly went well when the mood an hour after full-time was distinctly more positive than what we experienced in the build up. Pundits have … Continue Reading Holland 0-1 England: Lingard’s Dutch Delight
England are heading to Amsterdam for their first fixture of 2018. With the World Cup less than 100 days away the main object of the exercise is for players to … Continue Reading Holland v England preview
The press and public reaction to the latest England squad underlined what we already knew; expectations are at a low point for the England team heading into the World Cup. Of course … Continue Reading What represents a successful World Cup for England?
After a 4 month absence International football is back and places for the World Cup are up for grabs, here’s a breakdown of Gareth Southgate’s latest squad… The squad is … Continue Reading England Squad Announcement: 10 takeaways
With less than a 100 days to the World Cup which England regulars should be looking over their shoulder? Joe Hart (75 Caps) He hasn’t played a Premier League game … Continue Reading The Cut Candidates
As Manchester United’s Scott McTominay chooses Scotland over England and Bayer Leverkusen’s Leon Bailey ponders his international future here’s a look back at other cases of dual nationality and what … Continue Reading Curious cases of dual nationality
In the autumn of 1993 as Graham Taylor’s World Cup bid turned to dust Sky Sports’ Richard Keys hosted a post-mortem as English football looked to the future. Then Leeds … Continue Reading Is the Winter Break finally going to happen?