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England News Archive
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| 19 Dec 2006: |
England to face Germany at Wembley on August 22?
The German Football Association is claiming that Germany will be the first team to face England at the new
Wembley Stadium. The match is supposed to be pencilled in for August 22.
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| 4 Dec 2006: |
Muse to play Wembley on June 16
Radio station, X-FM, reported this moring that rock band muse plan to play a gig at Wembley stadium on June 16 this year.
The builders plan to have the stadium finished by then, but can we believe them?
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| Muse, to play Wembley? |
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| 16 Nov 2006: |
England fall to 3rd place in Euro 2008 Group E
While producing a rare show of quality football in Holland, England were pushed into third place in Euro 2008
Group E. Thanks to a Eduardo da Silva's hat-trick, Croatia won 4-3 against Israel while Russia won 2-0 against
Macedonia.
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| 18 Oct 2006: |
England drop in FIFA rankings
After two poor results England have been pushed into fifth position in the
FIFA rankings. Meanwhile Scotland and Northern Ireland rise 9 and 13 places
respectively.
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| 11 Oct 2006: |
England embarrassed in Croatia
After their shoddy display against the 'mighty' Macedonia England at managed to score in Croatia.
Unfortunately Gary Neville put one in for Croatia as goalkeeper Robinson fails to stop a pass-back.
Final score: Croatia 2 England 0.
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| 07 Oct 2006: |
England fail to beat Macedonia
While Scotland defeated World Cup runners-up, France, supposed fourth best in the world England couldn't manage
to better Macedonia. The final result, after a dreadful ninety minutes, was 0-0.
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| 31 July 2006: |
Wembley embarrassment continues for English
Multiplex, the Australian company 'building' England's Wembley stadium have reported that they will not
complete their work until at least June 2007, a whole two years behind schedule.
However, a spokesman for the FA said "The FA remains confident that Wembley Stadium can be ready for [next] season's FA Cup final" in May 2007.
It would seem the FA are not very good with dates.
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| Wembley unfinished |
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| 23 July 2006: |
Wayne Rooney's memorabilia stolen
Wayne Rooney has suffered the theft of England caps a World Cup T-shirt and his BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Trophy.
They were stolen from his parents' house in Liverpool.
Ireland fans were quick to send messages of commiseration.
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| 13 June 2006: |
Graham Taylor and co. explain why England will never lift a trophey
Bad news for England fans. Ex-England Manager, Graham Taylor, declares that the England team is
not good enough to win any silverware for some time yet.
Taylor blames the self-interest of the English Premiership clubs.
"Do our clubs come first? Of course they do."
Similarly he believes the players are never adequately ready for internationals
"We never really properly prepare for international tournament football."
Damien Comolli, Spurs sporting director, reckons the English youth policy is failing.
"Over four years between the ages of 12 and 16 a French boy would receive 2,304 hours of training.
That is twice as much as England - where you would be given 1,152 hours."
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| 08 June 2006: |
Rooney banned for two games
Wayne Rooney has been banned from playing in England's next two competive games.
He will now miss the first two matches of the Euro 2008 qualifying stage.
After Rooney's stamping incident against Portugal, FIFA's disciplinary committee
banned the England player for two competitive matches and fined him 5,000 Swiss francs.
He will now miss matches against Andorra and FYR Macedonia. This should not matter too
much as these should be easy games. Then again, playng against Northern Ireland and
Belarus should have been easy.
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| 4 July 2006: |
England penalties: Crouch claims team was "tired"
Peter Crouch has come forward with his thoughts about why England lost on penalties.
Despite not having to take any shots himself Crouch has claimed to know the answer to why
England lost the penalty shoot-out against Portugal. "I honestly felt exhaustion set in".
Is this a fair reason? We don't think so. England missed more penalties on July 2 than Germany have missed in
all World Cups put together.
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| 2 July 2006: |
Beckham resigns as captain
With England's departure from the World Cup, David Beckham has decided to resign as England captiain.
Beckham has been considered a superb ambassador for English international football. However it is felt
by many that it was definately time he went, and that his timing reflects this opinion and avoids him being
stripped of the honour.
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| Beckham, captain no more |
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| 1 July 2006: |
England are out!
England are out of the World Cup.
Despite an unbeaten series of results prior to the quarter finals, the England team ran out of steam
and are now on heading back to England.
The first ninety ended a goaless draw. In some ways England were lucky. Portugal, more than once
threatened to take the lead, but failed on each time. Similarly England's chances all fell short.
The suffering of David Beckham and the unnecessary antics of Rooney were to further curse England.
Beckham was injured just after the second half began. Then Rooney stupidly stamped on Ricardo Carvalho,
earning himself elimination from the game.
After a further 30 minutes of fruitless extra-time came the moment every Englishman dreads (and every Scotsman
enjoys), a penalty shoot-out. To cut a long story short Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher
all saw their efforts saved by Portuguese keeper, Ricardo, giving Portugal a nice 3-1 victory.
And England will be coming home....
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| 27 June 2006: |
Why Beckham was sick
German newspapers, Spiegel and Bild, are both speculating on why David Beckham was sick after scoring against Ecuador.
Despite the official explanation that Beckham was suffering from dehydration,
possible reasons suggested for the Englans captain's vommitting include:
1. he was sick of his team's terrible performance
2. he was made sick to the stomach by his wife's astronomical credit card bills
3. he had been drinking shoddy English beer before the game.
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| Beckham has a moment with Ralf and Huey |
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| 25 June 2006: |
Eriksson - Scolari clash beckons
Having beaten Ecuador and the Netherlands respectively, England and Portugal will face each other in
the World Cup quarter finals. This will pit Sven Goran Eriksson against his great rival, Luiz Felipe Scolari.
This will be the third major tournament in a row that the two managers have faced each other. Scolari's Portugal
defeated England on penalties in Euro 2004. He also led the Brazil team which put England out of World Cup 2002.
England are obviously hoping Scolari doesn't continue this trend.
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| Eriksson and Scolari show their passion for football |
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| 24 June 2006: |
English fans unable to control their drinking or their fists
In what was described by some as the 'Battle of Stuttgart' England and German thugs rampaged, throwing bottles, chairs and punches.
Trouble started when hundreds of England fans began taunting their German rivals in the city's Castle Square.
English yobs reportedly sang songs about World War II, threw model Spitfires and shouted racist slogans.
Both sets of fans threw plastic chairs and bottles at each other.
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| 23 June 2006: |
English ref can't count
English referee Graham Poll looks set to be sent home early from the World Cup. FIFA will analyse his yellow-card blunder in the match between
Australia and Croatia before deciding what action to take.
Poll gave Croatia player, Josip Simunic, three yellow cards, only sending him off on the third occasion.
He also missed two obvious penalties for Australian, infuriating their coach Guus Hiddink.
Luckily, the Croats were unable to capitalise on Simunic's red card, as any Croatian victory would have forced
Australia to seek a deserved re-match.
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| Graham Poll sends off Josip Simunic |
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| 20 June 2006: |
England to face Equador in knock-out stage
England are held to draw by Sweden, but still take top position in their group allowing them to avoid Germany in the next stage.
After losing Owen to a knee injury early in the match, England twice took the lead, first with an oustanding lob from
Joe Cole and then with a header from substitute Steven Gerrard in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, for them, the Swedes failed
to admit defeat. Twice they found the back of the net, first with an easy goal from Allback then a disorganised England defence
allowed a persistent Sweden push score a second, this time off the boot of Henrik Larsson.
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| Henrik Larsson Scores |
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| 15 June 2006: |
England progress to next stage
Despite a shockingly average performance against Trinidad & Tobago, England have secured a place in the
next stage of the World Cup.
Against the smallest footballing nation, the 'mighty' England struggled to score. Faced with a solid
Trinidadian defence and outstanding goalkeeper, not to mention a few poor misses on England's part, it wasn't until the
last 10 mnutes that England were able to put the ball in the net. Crouch and the Gerrard gave England the win they sorely
wanted.
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| Saving England from Embarrassment |
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| 13 June 2006: |
Trinidad & Tobago talks tough
Trinidad & Tobago foward Stern John claims his team could cause an upset when they play England on Thursday.
John said "We know the England game will be very tough but we ground out a result against Sweden and hopefully we can build on it".
Defender Brent Sancho added "No-one expected us to get a result against Sweden but we always believed in ourselves. Who knows what can happen now?"
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| 08 June 2006: |
Good day for England and Trinidad & Tobago
An unfortunate error by Paraguay puts England at the top of World Cup Group B.
More...
Meanwhile Trinidad & Tobago hold Sweden to a 0-0 draw. Although Sweden looked the
better team, T & T defence continually repelled all efforts by the Europeans.
England could be in for a tough match on Thursday :-)
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| 08 June 2006: |
Eriksson set to risk Rooney
Sven Goran Eriksson may risk Wayne Rooney in England's match against
Trinidad and Tobago. This conflicts with doctor's
advice and an agreement with Manchester United, who
agreed that it would be advisable to wait until the group stages
to play Rooney. Such a move may enrage the vastly experienced
manager, Alex Ferguson who is already at odds with the England coach
over Rooney's recovery. Doctor's have advised a
further assessment after the group stage to ensure Rooney was fit enough to
play.
It is worth mentioning that Eriksson stands down as England
manager at the end of the World Cup and has no further allegiance to
England after that.
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| 07 June 2006: |
Channel 5 rate Archie Gemmills 1978 goal best UK World Cup strike
In a rare show of non-bias by the media Channel Five have rated Archie Gemmill's 1978 goal against the Netherlands in 1978
above all other British efforts.
Loved and respected by his countrymen, this outstandig effort by Gemmill was a shining light in an otherwise
embarrassing World Cup for Scotland.
English efforts were all rated far below Gemmill's.
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| 03 June 2006: |
England crush Jamaica 6-0
In front of a capacity crowd at Old Trafford, England easily swept Jamaica aside with six goals.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring after which the English easily netted another five
including a hat-trick from Peter Crouch.
Bobby Charlton and co. attended along with the 70,000+ crowd. Pointless references to 1966 were endless.....
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| 30 May 2006: |
England defeat Hungary 3-1
England's World Cup preparation takes a turn for the better. In front of over 56,000
fans at Old Trafford Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Peter Crouch give England the
pre-World Cup boost they need. B****r!
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| 25 May 2006: |
England 1-2 Belarus
World Cup non-qualifiers, Belarus, came to Reading and left with an unexpected 2-1 victory.
Despite trailing 1-0 at half-time from a Jermaine Jena goal the East Europeans
battled on regardless, with ten men, to finish 2-1 ahead.
Rooney still has broken foot
Shocking news! Doctors have looked at Wayne Rooney's foot. It's still broken and
he'll still miss the first stage of Germany 2006.
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| 24 May 2006: |
England planning a victory parade!
Without so much as ball having been kicked, the FA are already planning a parade for
a victorious England squad. The day in question will be July 11. Dubbed 'VG Day'
(Victory in Germany Day - no rerference to the War, honest), this day of 'celebration' will supposedly
be declared a British bank holiday as soon as Beckham lifts the World Cup.
Celebrations are to end with the England team having tea with the Queen.
Rumour has it, Her Majesty will be in Balmoral.
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| 23 May 2006: |
England team inspect Wembley
David Beckham and company arrived at Wembley to view the 'progress' of the new stadium.
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| David Beckham and Co inspect the FA's proposed venue for the 2006 World Cup Final |
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| 16 May 2006: |
Owen survives training session
Michael Owen managed a full training session at England's pre-World Cup camp in Portugal, but said he still felt unsure about his injury.
So, the England 23 still have only two fully functioning strikers.
Owen has been out of action since breaking a metatarsal in a collision with England keeper Paul Robinson.
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| 9 May 2006: |
Wayne Bridge beaten at London nightclub
England defender Wayne Bridge received a beating while partying
at a London West End nightclub. Police are questionning three (Scots?)men. |
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| 9 May 2006: |
Sven picks 23 for Germany
England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has named the 23 players he intends
taking to Germany this summer. The England squad will be as listed below. Many choices are controversial, but more so is the absence of the likes of
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Paul Robinson, Goalkeeper, Spurs
David James, Goalkeeper, Man City
Robert Green, Goalkeeper, Norwich City
Gary Neville, Right-Back, Man Utd
Ashley Cole, Left-Back, Arsenal
Wayne Bridge, Left-Back, Chelsea
John Terry, Centre-Back, Chelsea
Rio Ferdinand, Centre-Back, Man Utd
Sol Campbell, Centre-Back, Arsenal
Jamie Carragher, Centre-Back, Liverpool
David Beckham, Right Midfield, R. Madrid
Aaron Lennon, Right Midfield, Spurs
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Joe Cole, Left Midfield, Chelsea
Stewart Downing, Left Midfield, M'boro
Frank Lampard, Centre Midfield, Chelsea
Steven Gerrard, Centre Midfield, Liverpool
Michael Carrick, Centre Midfield, Spurs
Jermaine Jenas, Centre Midfield, Spurs
Owen Hargreaves, Centre Midfield, B. Munich
Wayne Rooney (injured), Striker, Man Utd
Michael Owen (injured), Striker, Newcastle Utd
Peter Crouch, Striker, Liverpool
Theo Walcott (who?), Striker, Arsenal
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| 8 May 2006: |
Eriksson selects Walcott, but has never seen him play a match
England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has picked Arsenal teenager Theo Walcott to play in the World Cup.
Regardless of not having seen Walcott play a proper match, Sven is happy to include Walcott because
"I've seen him perhaps three times in training" and "I saw him play 11 against 11 on a half pitch".
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| 29 April 2006: |
Wayne Rooney Injured - World Cup place in doubt
Wayne Rooney may not be going to the World Cup.
Rooney, arguably the best stiker in England, fractured a metatarsal bone in his right foot during the Manchester Utd - Chelsea
game. Initial reports suggest he will not be fit in time for Germany 2006. The population of England are gutted! Scotland fans
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