World Cup 2010 England Football Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 With the Fifa world cup fastly approaching, there’s one question on everybody’s mind-who will make the squad? So in this feature we look at all Fabio Capello’s possibilities and we start at looking at one of the most important positions- Right Back.
Gary Neville, 34
As Gary Neville will be thirty five when the World Cup Finals [...]

 
 
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Wayne Rooney’s first performance as England skipper was unrewarded as a forty seven minute header from Villarreal striker Nilmar da Silva put the South American team in front.
The first half, which was very tight with many chances, ended in a goalless draw. The first [...]

After finishing a successful world cup qualifying campaign, England travel to Qatar to take on the world’s number one team Brazil in the first meeting since a 1-1 draw against the side in 2007. The last time the two sides met in a competitive game was the quarter final of the 2002 world cup where [...]