It’s the 1st of August 1966, and Geoff Hurst’s hat-trick has sank West Germany at Wembley. England have brought the Jules Rimet trophy home, and their forefathers who taught the world how to play football must be praised. Little did they know it would be Continue reading
Tag Archives: Roy Hodgson
Leighton Baines: England’s best left-back
With the England/Brazil friendly game fast approaching, a selection dilemma will surely arise for England boss Roy Hodgson. Competition throughout the squad is improving all the time with many young English stars now breaking into their respective first team Continue reading
Raheem Sterling: let him shine
During the last international break, England manager Roy Hodgson opted to give Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling a call up to his England squad despite the fact that Sterling has only made 10 senior appearances scoring 1 goal in the process. Continue reading
St George’s Park – the key to the future
As the keys to St George’s Park were finally handed over to the FA last week it seems only right to explore how this £100 million project is expected to turn around the fortunes of English football, enabling us to compete with the very best in the world and perhaps even Continue reading
Has Euro 2012 enhanced international football’s declining reputation?
Think back to March, if you can, and try to remember how you felt upon hearing the news that Fifa were planning to scrap the unpopular February and August friendlies, which had so often blighted the progress made by the forever-luckless Continue reading
England: tactics over Tekkers
England out on penalties and falling short on quality. Same old story? Perhaps not this time…
It’s unlikely that a manager, especially an England manager, will come Continue reading