England vs. France: Predicted Starting Lineup For The French Just days after the horrific attack in France, England are set to host the French national team for a friendly game that will have a lot of emotion and rightly so in the backdrop. Lassana Diara, who played in France’s 2-0 win over Germany on that … Read more
England, much like other powerhouse nations of Europe has had a reputation of producing youngsters in the past. Although, the players are, as of now, accustomed to coming across a bottleneck period around the ages of 19 or 20, but some end up defying that age to register their names in the minds of the … Read more
England take on Lithuania at the Wembley later tonight and their Manager Roy Hodgson is expected to experiment with the squad. The only confirmed starters are Jack Butland in goal, Phil Jones, Jagielka, Jonjo Shelvey and Jamie Vardy and it is expected that the manager will make eight changes from the team that defeated Estonia on … Read more
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart will be the first-choice custodian for Roy Hodgson’s men. Stoke City’s Jack Butland will have to wait longer to get a chance to play for the three lions. Defenders: Nathaniel Clyne, John Stones, Chris Smalling, Kieron Gibbs Liverpool’s new signing Nathaniel Clyne will be the right-back while … Read more
England Captain Wayne Rooney secured his place in the history books with a penalty at Wembley Stadium against Switzerland on Tuesday. The 29 year old surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of 49 goals for country and became the leading English goal scorer of all time. Rooney came into the limelight after scoring four goals during … Read more
Some people really know how to spoil a party, and when it comes to taking the fizz out of a football fiesta, England boss Roy Hodgson is in a party-pooping class of his own. With the nation clamouring for Wayne Rooney to get the goal he needed to surpass Bobby Charlton become England’s all-time leading … Read more
All England needed to do was get a win to ensure they qualify for the Euro 2016 tournament in France. They were up against the whipping boys of Europe, San Marino and England made light work of their opponents by beating them 6-0. England gave starts to Jamie Vardy, Jonjo Shelvey and John Stones amongst … Read more
The Old Trafford faithful certainly hold a lot of legends dear to their heart – King Eric, Fergie, Giggs; the list goes on. But as terraces give way to message boards, a new name has become the toast of the town amongst Manchester United fans- a man who epitomises the way the club is run … Read more
The only good thing which came out from the Ireland-England friendly was the performance of Jack Wilshere, the Arsenal midfielder was the bright spark for England all game and in his deeper role revelled and finally showed what he could do once he is fit and raring to go. He did have a curtailed season … Read more
The average age of the England national team is 25; Talent (under-24 players): 41.6%, Peak Age (players aged from 25 to 29): 45.8% and Veterans (players aged 30 and above): 12.5%. Ideally, there should be a majority of Peak Age players (60%), two Talents (17%) and two (maximum) veterans (23%) in the starting XI. Last … Read more