If this report has taken a few days in the making, you can understand why. England’s dream of winning the World Cup came to an end against Croatia. It’s not coming home this time unfortunately. Instead we have another “oh so near”, a missed opportunity and a case of what might have been. But we should be proud of what they achieved in this tournament. The team did everything that… Read Article →
THE FINAL BECKONS FOR ENGLAND WITH CROATIA IN THE WAY
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 →
Sweden 0-2 England: Is Football Coming Home Again?
Back in 1990 a young and naive version of myself watched England lose the World Cup semi-final to Germany. Little did he know he would have to wait 28 long years for another chance. But it’s finally happened. England are just one game away from a place in the 2018 World Cup final, and they got there fairly comfortably. Nobody was taking anything for granted, but on paper Sweden was… Read Article →
SWEDEN v ENGLAND – SAMARA – WORLD CUP 2018
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 →
England 1-1 Colombia: England win on Penalties! Yes, Really…
Right then, hands up if you thought you’d never live to see the day? Well you did, and it did really happen. England have finally won a penalty shoot out in a World Cup, for the first time ever, and the first in any competition for 22 years. We’re into the quarter finals folks! On the balance of play, you have to say that England deserved to go through. But… Read Article →
COLOMBIA FIRST UP ON THE SO CALLED ‘EASIER PATH’
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 →
England 0-1 Belgium: Runners Up Spot Secured
It feels kind of surreal that England lost a competitive match at a major tournament, but nobody really cares. England will now play Colombia in the last 16 after their 1-0 loss to Belgium in what was a predictably low key affair. This was billed as the match that nobody wanted to win. Whoever won the match would win Group G. But they would then be in what is perceived… Read Article →
SHOOTOUT IN KALININGRAD – ENGLAND v BELGIUM – WHO IS GOING TO TOP GROUP G?
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 →
England 6-1 Panama: Record Breaking!
This isn’t the way England normally do things. While most fans were expecting to win the match, I’m not sure anyone realistically expected a scoreline like this. The match lacked the nail biting excitement of the win over Tunisia, but for England fans it was no less enjoyable. This was the team’s record win in a world cup finals, and at the same time Harry Kane became only the third… Read Article →
THE KNOCKOUT PHASE IS CALLING FOR ENGLAND
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 →