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It is all about EXPECTATION for England’s senior men’s and women’s football teams his summer but can they deliver? ALL NICE AND COSY Gareth ‘GS’ Southgate has most certainly got himself settled in as England’s boss now. He has done a fantastic job so far, though we are now seeing that what he might say in public is not always what he does in practice. He did say he would… Read Article →

As the World Cup looms ever closer for the Lionesses, their preparations for the tournament are moving along a pace. Buoyed by their recent She Believes Cup success they have since played two friendlies against Canada and Spain, with one win and one defeat being the result. THERE TO BE SHOT AT NOW The defeat to the Canadians in Manchester was a strange one. England never really settled into the… Read Article →

His name is Tin Jedvaj. He is a defender  and plays for Bayer Leverkusen. I had never heard of this player, more fool me, but on Thursday night he was the most important person for England FC that evening. Forget the pros and cons of the Wayne Rooney benefit match as Mr Jedvaj is also a Croatian international and scored two huge goals (his first and second for his country) including a 93rd minute… Read Article →

The euphoria of the World Cup campaign is over, and it’s time to see if England can push on and establish themselves as one of the top teams in the World. With an increasing number of young English players abroad playing for Europe’s top sides, is the future beginning to look bright for the national side at long last…..Read Article

All hail England, a dominant performance against Sweden has now put them into the final four of World Cup 2018, where they will play Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. There were still some questions prior to their quarter final victory that needed answering, especially after a loss and then a draw (normal play) in their previous two matches. They emphatically put the Swede’s to the sword in Samara,… Read Article →

So I’m still World Cup blogging on here also, that means England are still in the tournament. This Saturday (7th July) its Sweden in Samara. I make no bones about it, their victory (twice really after Colombia’s stoppage time equaliser) was another huge result, the fact it was on penalties makes it even more of a bonus. Minimum objective (on paper) has now been achieved and lets be honest England… Read Article →

So the dead rubber against Belgium is done and England now move forward to face Colombia in Moscow this coming Tuesday (3rd July). In a strange game, where both teams made wholesale changes and which in my opinion neither side really wanted to win. It was  Belgium who decided to twist first to take the lead and when push came to shove Gareth ‘GS’ Southgate showed his true thoughts and… Read Article →

So England take on Belgium in their final Group G fixture, with both teams more than happy with the situation. They have dealt with the other sides, Tunisia and Panama, and will face each other in a match that will decide who goes through as the winners or runners up. The Belgian ‘Red Devils’ will be favourites and that is understandable, they came into the tournament as one of the fancied… Read Article →

My previous blog  was part titled ‘Just Win Please’ – and thanks to Harry Kane’s stoppage time header England succeeded and are now on the brink of qualifying for the last 16 with a game to go, after Belgium’s win over Tunisia on the 23rd June. This shows how huge that victory was last Monday (18th June) otherwise they would not have had the opportunity to go into their final… Read Article →

So England kick off their World Cup campaign in Volgograd on June 18th – 7pm BST, and as I expected some of the same people who denounced England whilst they stumbled (but ultimately did the job) to qualification are now the biggest cheerleaders. Same old same old same old – praising before they have actually done anything after criticising them previously anyway, sometimes you cannot make these things up. And… Read Article →