World Cup News

• Sometimes its hard to like anyone September 6, 2010
  So…the Wayne Rooney affair. If you’ve been living under a rock (or as I had been over the weekend, somewhere away from the internet), it was widely reported in the press that England’s talismanic striker had indulged in some extra martial business, with a prostitute, while his wife was pregnant. Fabio Capello is going to […]
• England vs Bulgaria (5-1 – overly optimistic?) Liveblog September 3, 2010
  England are yet to have their post World Cup watershed moment – France have installed a new coach (albeit an appointment that was arranged during the tournament) and held crisis talks, Brazil too have a new manager, Italy have done the same and even brought back Antonio Cassano. England have changed little. Nevertheless, a victory tonight is […]
• Factory Records Peter Saville creates New England Shirt September 2, 2010
  Well this is unexpected. Peter Saville, who you might know as the man who designed the sleeves to some of Factory Records most iconic sleeves has been working on a new England shirt, which the team will run out in against Bulgaria on Friday. Now some of you may remember last March when we sat looking […]
• Injuries abound as England stutter toward qualifying opener September 1, 2010
  So England’s Euro 2012 Campaign kicks off on Friday against a (thankfully Berbatov less) Bulgaria, and the main thing is…well the squad is decimated. Lampard and Terry had already announced they couldn’t take part (although some may have breathed a sigh of relief there), Bobby Zamora is out just as he was beginning to look […]