England v Uruguay – Preview #450828456 / gettyimages.com After just one game in Brazil, England’s tournament all comes down to an all or nothing game against Uruguay on Thursday in Sao Paolo. Uruguay themselves got off to the worst possible start after what looked like an obvious victory against Costa Rica, however, things didn’t go … Read more
After another so close but yet so far moment with the England national team, I can imagine many spent the post-match hours browsing the internet to try and find out just how England had been defeated yet again. In retrospect Saturday evening’s performance was actually one of the best an England team has produced at … Read more
The time has come. Once every four years England braces itself for a month of shattered dreams, false expectation, penalty shoot-outs spent hiding behind the sofa and the almost-guaranteed witch hunt of our star-player-who-failed-to-perform-and-now-deserves-to-be-dropped-forever. The World Cup is well and truly here. But, the times, they are changing. England expects, and with a rejuvenated squad, … Read more
48 years of agony. 23 men who can change the footballing fortunes of a nation which has deservedly earned the tag of ‘perennial underachievers’. England’s fearless group of young players seek to achieve what the Golden generation never could. Their first hurdle sees them take on Cesare Prandelli’s well-oiled machine in the Amazonian outpost of Manaus … Read more
The Three Lions kick start their World Cup campaign battling the intense heat at Manaus, while the Azzurris will look to pick up from where they left against their opposition in the Euro 2012. While Roy Hodgson has maintained that his side have enough ammunitions to stretch imaginations back home, Gary Neville accidentally revealed England’s … Read more
The World Cup is just around the corner and the excitement is well and truly building. The sheer footballing brilliance we are going to see over the next month is mouth-watering with several players featured in my ‘Eleven players to watch’ set to light up the tournament. Despite English hopes of glory in Brazil being … Read more
England might have won their World Cup qualifying group, have arguably the best defence and two in-form strikers, but for the first time in a very long time, the Three Lions come into a World Cup without being expected to win it. And that might not especially be a bad thing at all. The realistic … Read more
There was a time when the name of Wayne Rooney was taken with the best in the world, the same breath as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. While he is still feared, as many of you may have read all over the internet, articles, magazines, newspapers that Wayne Rooney is past it and people are … Read more
Here are the five players on whom England’s World Cup chances hang in the balance as the Three Lions book their tickets and get their boarding passes stamped for destination Brazil. Steven Gerrard: The English captain will in all probability play in his final major tournament and the Liverpool skipper is expected to hold fort … Read more
Every four years a wave of expectations grab England in a bear hug which engulfs almost every other person from the bylanes of London to the deserted streets of Tyneside. The World Cup 2014 which is just over a fortnight away is expected to churn out similar thoughts, feelings and raise great expectations for the … Read more