Robert Green Robert Green has just played 12 international games for the country. After a disastrous World Cup performance in 2010, Green has found it hard to make it to the national team squad. The last time he played an international game for England was way back in 2012. Also, he had lost his place … Read more
Bobby Zamora, Kevin Davies and David Nugent. 3 rather modest names to have played for the 3 Lions in the past few years and with no offence to them, you can’t help but wonder how players with goal scoring statistics as low as theirs could play for the England national team. Unfortunately it’s just a … Read more
Earlier this year, Frank Lampard decided to join Steven Gerrard in international retirement after lengthy England careers that were in the end highly unfruitful and with that the curtains finally fell on the last of England’s golden generation. Both were the spearheads of the 3 lions so-called golden generation that burst onto the scene at … Read more
With qualification seemingly secured after their win over Switzerland in the opening game of Euro 2016 qualifiers, it looked as though there was going to be precious little for the supporters to cheer about. After all, barring the disaster that was the Euro 2008 qualifiers, England have made relatively easy work of their qualification to … Read more
England v San Marino Preview At university, my flatmate Ross and I conceived a brilliant plan to play in a World Cup match: we’d search the FIFA rankings, choose the lowest team, live there until we’d gained citizenship and then walk onto the team for a qualifier. How hard could it be? Some backwater in … Read more
#451109480 / gettyimages.com Roy Hodgson will fly home from this summer’s World Cup in a strange situation. Having guided England to their first group-stage elimination since 1950, the FA chairman Greg Dyke committed his full-backing to the 66 year old and announced he would be the man to continue his job until the 2016 … Read more
#451109024 / gettyimages.com An out-foxed, out-thought and out-gunned England side take on Group D toppers Costa Rica as the Three lions are on the verge of finishing their disastrous World Cup campaign in Brazil. There have been repercussions back home, citing that Roy Hodgson’s men just travelled to Sambaland just to make up the numbers. … Read more
Costa Rica vs England preview #451111462 / gettyimages.com The clash with Costa Rica was expected to be a springboard for England to march into the knockout stages of the World Cup. Instead, the match has proven to be a farewell game for world football’s perennial underachievers and a parting occasion for Steven Gerrard and Frank … Read more
#450828456 / gettyimages.com Having failed to grab three points against Italy in their first Group D match of Brazil 2014, England now face a “do or die” match against Uruguay in hope of trying to salvage their World Cup campaign. A Mario Balotelli header snatched victory for Italy last weekend after a valiant performance from … Read more
#450828456 / gettyimages.com England’s World Cup campaign is in serious jeopardy and if the Three Lions fail to win their next assignments against Uruguay, Roy Hodgson’s boys could well be heading to the airport to catch their flight back home. England did impress against Italy in short spells but were on the wrong end of … Read more