England will host Spain at Wembley in both teams inaugural UEFA Nations League game this Saturday. Surprisingly for two of European football’s big nations, the history between the two has often flown under the radar compared to England’s rivalries with say Germany or Spain’s with Portugal. But they’ve still met twice in the World Cup […]
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England Squad Announcement
Gareth Southgate has named his England squad for the upcoming Nations League fixture against Spain and friendly against Switzerland, so what conclusions can we draw? The Squad Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Alex McCarthy (Southampton) Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Harry Maguire (Leicester City) Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Luke […]
England’s Winners and losers: Week 3
Our weekly look at this weeks winners and losers is headlined by two World Cup centre backs experiencing contrasting fortunes. England’s Winners and losers: Week 2 England’s winners & losers: Week 1 Winners Harry Maguire The man who can do no wrong! Maguire scored a 92nd minute winner with a scuffed shot from distance and […]
Toulon success to continue?
England’s new cohort of Under 17s came close but ultimately went out of the Euro U-17 semi finals on penalties. The fact a semi-final loss is considered a disappointment says a lot about how far England’s youth sides have come in the last year. It’s still very early to be judging this crop of under 17s […]
Gomez injury means a late shuffle of the pack for Southgate
Liverpool confirmed yesterday the unsurprising news that young England defender Joe Gomez will miss the World Cup. Gomez was injured playing for England back in March and has never looked like shaking off the problem so after a season of progress the young central defender can look forward to a long career for club and […]
Who makes the plane?
That’s it the next time England get together their 23 man World Cup squad will have been announced. Gareth Southgate has opted to make his final squad early rather than naming a provisional squad and then whittling it down to a final 23. Southgate explained this was to make England’s training camp a performance camp […]
Holland v England preview
England are heading to Amsterdam for their first fixture of 2018. With the World Cup less than 100 days away the main object of the exercise is for players to cement their place in the World Cup squad and the 11 to play Tunisia in the World Cup opener. Who has the most to gain? […]
What represents a successful World Cup for England?
The press and public reaction to the latest England squad underlined what we already knew; expectations are at a low point for the England team heading into the World Cup. Of course the return to fitness of Harry Kane will make a big difference but just what do we realistically aim for this summer? How far can […]
England Squad Announcement: 10 takeaways
After a 4 month absence International football is back and places for the World Cup are up for grabs, here’s a breakdown of Gareth Southgate’s latest squad… The squad is taking shape. Southgate picked 27 and name checked the injured Harry Kane, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Phil Jones & Fabian Delph as players still in the frame […]
The Cut Candidates
With less than a 100 days to the World Cup which England regulars should be looking over their shoulder? Joe Hart (75 Caps) He hasn’t played a Premier League game since November and West Ham are out of the cup, so where does that leave Hart with England? Jordan Pickford made an impressive England debut […]