The earliest known photograph of the England football team has been discovered in a library in Derby. The team picture from 1876 features ten footballers and one referee. The eleventh player missed the photocall.
The photograph was taken of the team that was to play Scotland on April 4, 1876. It was to be England’s fifth […]
Tags: England · National Teams
Watching yesterday’s edition of the Second City Derby, won in style 5-1 by Aston Villa, one had to have been impressed with the victors. They scored from open play and set pieces. They ran Birmingham ragged from start to finish. Ever since manager Martin O’Neill altered his team’s formation to a 4-3-3, they’ve been almost […]
Tags: Aston Villa · Birmingham City · England · F.A. · martin o'neill
England manager Fabio Capello has selected Manchester United center back Rio Ferdinand to lead out the side in the Three Lions’ friendly in Paris tomorrow, which, given Capello’s desire to rotate the captaincy until World Cup qualifiers begin in September, wasn’t really a surprising choice to many people.
However, this is a guy who was suspended […]
Tags: England · david beckham
GolTV has achieved quite a coup in the United States by acquiring the exclusive rights to Germany’s 2010 World Cup qualifying matches. The U.S-based broadcaster has also acquired rights to six friendlies involving the German national team. Most importantly, especially for EPL Talk readers, is that one of those matches is the friendly against England, […]
To no one’s surprise, David Beckham was retained by England manager Fabio Capello in the final 23-man squad for the Three Lions’ friendly in Paris next week. Beckham is one cap short of 100 in his England career and if he doesn’t get it against France, and it appears that he will based on this […]
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David Beckham is one step closer to winning his 100th England cap after the LA Galaxy midfielder was named by Fabio Capello to the 30-man provisional squad for the Three Lions’ friendly against France in Paris next week.
Capello sent his second-in-command, Franco Baldini, to Dallas last week to watch Beckham in the Galaxy’s pre-season friendly […]
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Middlesbrough left winger Stewart Downing signed a new five-year contract with the club today after weeks of maintaining his wish to leave Boro when his previous contract expired after the 2009-2010 season.
Downing has seemingly been rumored to join Tottenham in every recent transfer window, and looked a good bet to do just that in January. […]
Tags: England · Middlesbrough
England’s position on top of the UEFA Fair Play rankings, calculated using a number of different criterion such as avoidance of yellow and red cards, crowd behavior, and the performance of club teams and national teams in European competitions, could lead to another UEFA Cup spot next season.
England would need to maintain their current position […]
Tags: Aston Villa · Blackburn Rovers · England · Everton · Manchester City · Portsmouth · Tottenham Hotspur · West Ham United · uefa
Distinctly average.
That’s how I would categorize England’s performance for the majority of their 2-1 friendly victory over Switzerland tonight. Distinctly average.
If the England players wanted to come out and set a positive tone to impress new manager Fabio Capello, I’d have to say that as a group, they didn’t accomplish their goal.
David James was OK […]
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I’ve been focusing on the England national team over the past week or so here, trying to divert attention away from the Premiership a little bit and to the new era under Fabio Capello.
Injuries have limited the options Capello was able to choose from for the friendly today against Switzerland, but if I had to […]
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I don’t think this is a shock to anyone.
Liverpool’s local hero had been the skipper in John Terry’s absence in the fateful Euro 2008 qualifiers against Russia and Croatia last year and with Terry injured AGAIN, Gerrard was the odds-on favorite to lead England out today in their friendly against Switzerland.
The only other choice was Manchester […]
With the announcement of the 30-man provisional squad selected by new England coach Fabio Capello yesterday for the upcoming friendly against Switzerland, I thought it was time for me to weigh in on the “Does Becks deserve his 100th cap?” debate.
Let me make something clear first. I have no problem whatsoever with Beckham not being […]
