• Uruguayan Sunrise?
    Just like forty years ago, perhaps, when England and Uruguay played to a dour draw in the opening match of the 1966 World Cup, in this 2006 pre-Cup friendly, the lads one-nothing down, scrambling for an equalizer – Crouch headed in, and in injury time, Joe Cole’s net bulger! Saving Sven another embarrassment – England […]
  • Wipe That Smile Off His Face!
    So smug. Once more he’s crowing, bragging of his battling team, streaking ahead of the pack. So smug, so arrogant –but wouldn’t we just love to be where he is? Christopher T. George
  • Heart of England
    Who is next for the bull’s eye shirt made of the flag with the red cross? Please! Not another foreigner, FA! Who really thinks a Swede or a Dutchman will have the best interests of England in his deepest heart? We want red-blooded decisions, from a red-blooded Englishman who actually cares about England, not some […]
  • Sam Allardyce for England?
    Who’ll replace the incautious Swede — incautious in private, too cautious on the pitch! Some say Sven should go now, and let Sam Allardyce have a throw at the dice. Sam? Sam? Will you be our man? The time is right for some straight talk from a red-blooded Englishman. Sam? Sam? Will you be our […]
  • The Second Coming of Robbie Fowler?
    Owen didn’t come back, went to Souness at Toon instead. All those millions! Owen scored a few, then broke his foot, now Sven and England sweat to see him fit for the World Cup. But then, suddenly, out of the blue of Man City, a forgotten hero: Robbie Fowler, forced out under Houllier, after a […]