Two games, Two wins. Where from here?

September 8th, 2010 | By: Rob | Comments(1)

So that was good. Supposedly the hardest game in the group, against the team that beat the current World Champions, away, and we picked up a pretty convincing win. The Swiss had a couple of good spells that made Hart look awkward at the back, and Xherdan Shaqiri scored an absolute screamer, but for long spells we were in total ... [read more]

England Vs Switzerland Preview and Liveblog

September 7th, 2010 | By: Rob | Comments(3)

“It’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what ... [read more]

Sometimes its hard to like anyone

September 6th, 2010 | By: Rob | Comments(5)

So…the Wayne Rooney affair. If you’ve been living under a rock (or as I had been over the weekend, somewhere away from the internet), it was widely reported in the press that England’s talismanic striker had indulged in some extra martial business, with a prostitute, while his wife was pregnant. Fabio ... [read more]

England vs Bulgaria (5-1 – overly optimistic?) Liveblog

September 3rd, 2010 | By: Ethan Dean-Richards | Comments(0)

England are yet to have their post World Cup watershed moment – France have installed a new coach (albeit an appointment that was arranged during the tournament) and held crisis talks, Brazil too have a new manager, Italy have done the same and even brought back Antonio Cassano. England have changed little.
Nevertheless, a victory tonight is expected against a Bulgaria side ... [read more]

Factory Records Peter Saville creates New England Shirt

September 2nd, 2010 | By: Rob | Comments(2)

Get your England Shirts in our online store.
Well this is unexpected.

Peter Saville, who you might know as the man who designed the sleeves to some of Factory Records most iconic sleeves has been working on a new England shirt, which the team will run out in against Bulgaria on Friday.
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Injuries abound as England stutter toward qualifying opener

September 1st, 2010 | By: Rob | Comments(1)

So England’s Euro 2012 Campaign kicks off on Friday against a (thankfully Berbatov less) Bulgaria, and the main thing is…well the squad is decimated. Lampard and Terry had already announced they couldn’t take part (although some may have breathed a sigh of relief there), Bobby Zamora is out just as he ... [read more]