England are at the 2010 World Cup. Whether it’s the fact that we’ve avenged the loss against Croatia which saw us fail to qualify for Euro 2008 or the fact that we have made a perfect competitive start under Fabio Capello, people are happy and hype is once again rapidly rising.
The 5-1 win against Croatia [...]

There’s no doubt that Englands recent 5-1 thrashing of Croatia was a team effort, overseen by a manager who prides himself on creating a strong team ethic at all of his clubs. However there were a few players who stood out, and a few players who will be sweating on their position before England’s next [...]

I’m not the most optimistic of English fans. I refuse to get caught up in the hysteria of international tournaments and prepare myself for defeat in the quarter-finals when we get there, I regularly bemoan the teams “lack of spirit” and instead busy myself with watching Spurs lose and I slam the F.A when the [...]

They say when a striker is in form, every little thing seems to work; every hopeful shot hits the net. It seems Jermain Defoe is in that vein of form. For the Tottenham Hotspur striker, revitalized this season under Spurs manager Harry Redknapp, yet again hit the target on Saturday afternoon, heralding a 2-1 victory, [...]

As the lineups are announced the biggest cheer from the crowd goes out to David Beckham, who has to settle for a place on the bench today.

Nobody has forgotten what happened on the 21st of November, 2007. The awful weather, Scott Carson’s howler, even the wally with the brolly. It was a dark, dark day of English football; the sky overhead as black as the mood of every English fan who watched the game in a kind of stunned stupor. This [...]