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Posted on June 19, 2024

Thank you Turkey and Georgia for providing an antidote to

the sterile dull football on show. Georgia’s first excursion into finals football saw them unluckily beaten 3-1 by Turkey in by far the best and most entertaining match of Euro 2024 so far and probably a time to come. OK I have to admit, sitting down to watch Turkey versus Georgia looked like a chore, […] read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on November 20, 2018

Can England win the international Carabao

Cup? After defeating Croatia in their final Nations League game, England topped the group so head to Portugal next summer to play a semi-final, can they finally win something, no matter how small it is? read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on July 11, 2016

There couldn’t be more fitting a final for such an awful

tournament. Euro 2016 ended as it started and then meandered for a month as the only team to beat Iceland lost the final to the team that qualified out of the group stage below Iceland. It was rubbish. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on June 23, 2016

Roy will be overjoyed with Iceland

a lot easier than Tesco. Yes we had to go with the obligatory supermarket reference to the fact England will be facing the smallest nation in the tournament, Iceland, in the last 16 of Euro 2016. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on June 3, 2016

Roy Hodgson is the new Keggy Keegle

the irony. A.K.A. Defenders? We don't need no stinkin' defenders... Roy Hodgson makes a mess of the England squad and their tactics in the last warm up game before Euro 2016 against Portugal. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on June 11, 2012

Have the teams in the Euros been trying to make England

feel good about themselves? Opening games of tournaments have become increasingly cagey affairs, teams scared of getting off to a bad start, leading to some dire football and said teams ending up on the wrong end of a bad start. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on March 15, 2010

England finally catch a break or should that be a

a tear. It was with a loud cheer I greeted the news that David Beckham suffered a torn Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan, which should keep him out of England's World Cup squad for the summer. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on June 11, 2008

In Switzerland they had brotherly love

they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? Philippe Senderos. Which kind of, bar a couple of games, describes Euro 2008 so far. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on July 6, 2006

Did anyone predict a

Italy will face France in the Final of the 2006 World Cup, after one of the greatest semi-finals against Germany and France's win over the disgraceful Portugal. read the rest of this rubbish

Posted on June 26, 2006

It’s that man again

England beat Ecuador 1-0 thanks to a Beckham feee kick to progress to the quarter finals of the World Cup where they will meet old nemesis Luiz Felipe Scolari and his Portugal side. read the rest of this rubbish

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