New 2010 England away shirt

February 9th, 2010 by leewilson

Following a sneak peak around a fortnight ago, European nation England have officially revealed the new away shirt that they will wearing in the event of a colour clash at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Under Fabio Capello, the team will be hopeful of progressing beyond the quarter finals which has been their major [...]

England’s Euro 2012 Qualification Group

February 7th, 2010 by News Desk

At Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science, England were drawn in to Group G of the Euro 2012 Qualifiers. Alongside them in the group are neighbours Wales, Bulgaria, Montengro and fellow 2010 World Cup qualifiers Switzerland in a five team group.
England were last grouped with the Welsh in qualification for the 2006 World Cup. The [...]

England to play Mexico Friendly World Cup Warm-up

February 2nd, 2010 by kandevil

This hasn’t been officially revealed by the English FA yet, but the national side will face Mexico at Wembley on May 24th as the final warm up game before leaving the UK for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.

Mexico are planning a six match tour that includes games against World Champions Italy and [...]

England reveal new World Cup away kit teaser

January 22nd, 2010 by leewilson

The first images of the new England national away kit has been revealed in several teaser shots spread over the internet.
Apart from the predominately red colour and the traditional England badge with a single red star above it, there are no real other details present in the preview. However, it is expected that the new [...]

England’s World Cup draw preview

January 15th, 2010 by leewilson

GROUP C
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia
 
When considering all the possible draw scenarios, there were not many options better than this that were available for England. Since there was a decent chance that England would be paired with either France, Portugal or a strong African side, there were no complaints when the draw revealed Algeria, Slovenia and the USA. Maximum [...]

Group C Opponents United States

December 17th, 2009 by arsenal71

Having finished top of a group consisting of Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico it was clinically impossible for USA not to qualify. This will be their sixth world cup finals appearance in succession and with having players from the Premier League and the Bundesliga they could well be able to [...]

Group C Opponents Slovenia

December 16th, 2009 by arsenal71

Slovenia finished 2nd in a group which comprised of teams such as Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, who have all played in major competitions before. To cap it all off they beat Russia on away goals in a play off to seal their qualification to South Africa. As we know Russia is a quality side [...]

Group C Opponents Algeria

December 15th, 2009 by arsenal71

Their most memorable moment came in 1990 when they defeated Nigeria in the African Nations Cup Final to win their only major honour at international level to date. Next year’s World Cup will be only their third since the formation of their national side in 1957. So it is fair to say they are the [...]

Time for England squad to perform

December 14th, 2009 by arsenal71

Now is surely the time for an England squad to perform at a major championship
With the squad, manager and the passionate fans, we’ve never had a chance as big as this to win something since cliché ridden 1966. We all know the qualities of teams like Spain and Brazil but now, it’s our time to [...]

World Cup Draw and Hopes For The summer

December 4th, 2009 by charlieg

Before I get into all the details of the world cup draw tomorrow, or today, depending on when you read this, I just want to make one thing abundantly clear. I want a difficult group, in fact, bring on the group of death, a name I am sure the media will gleefully attach to a [...]