World Cup Qualification: What happened and how it stands…

England had already qualified before their defeat to the Ukraine - several other teams joined them on Saturday, including Italy after their last gasp equaliser against Ireland. Read on for a full round up of what is left to be decided (when time is short and articles are factual we tend to reproduce the best of the rest - that's the case here, lawyers, we are reprinting an article from the ever-excellent Football365.

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