By Alan Duffy
Another one bites the dust...
At this rate, the England side lining up against France on June 11th will be made up entirely of
average Liverpool players. Coming in the wake of Jordan Henderson's promotion to the senior squad
courtesy of Frank Lampard's injury, Henderson's Liverpool team-mate Martin Kelly has now been
called up to the 23 in place of Gary Cahill.
By Alan Duffy
While Europe prepares for Euro 2012, across the Atlantic in South America, they are already
battling it out for a place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
While Uruguay could only draw 1-1 at home to Venezuela on Saturday, Chile won 2-0 away at
Bolivia.
By Alan Duffy
While Spain and Germany might be the two most fancied sides ahead of Euro 2012, the Netherlands
must be in with a shout of glory this summer. With too many semi-final and final defeats in major
tournaments, the Dutch deserve a bit of luck in Poland and Ukraine.
By Chris Wright
Largely delirium-inducingly boring, lovely goal from Welbeck to settle it, Lescott bled like
Billy-o. That's about all you need to know.
Photos...
Highlights...
Photos: PA
By Chris Wright
You're looking at Clint Dempsey's year book from Nacogdoches High School, in which he makes a
bold prediction as to his future in the game. What followed was three years at university then
another three playing for New England Revolution before Fulham came a-callin' in 2007.
By Chris Wright
Just a quickie to let y'all know that Aston Villa have just announced that Paul Lambert has
officially agreed a deal to become their new manager leaving Norwich with a handful of memories and
£1 million in their back pockets after two promotion in three seasons at Carrow Road.
By Chris Wright
Here's more from Umbro's great 'Faces of England' spotlight on Paul Gascoigne, in which they sit
the man down and ask him directly to either confirm or debunk several of the myths he managed to
accrue over the course of his all-too-brief international career including the time he dared a
certain five-bellied chap to set his nose on fire for £1,000 and the time.
By Chris Wright
Here it is folks, Liverpool's new home strip as modelled by Warrior's first 'football brand
ambassador', Craig Bellamy...
A little word on that Bellamy dealio; As mentioned previously, the Welshman has signed on to
become Warrior's first football 'brand ambassador', though the contract will see all of his
sponsorship fee going directly to the Craig Bellamy Foundation in Sierra Leone.
By Chris Wright
And with that, he was gone. At the age of just 31, Ledley King has finally been forced to kowtow
to the inevitable: He just wasn't built to last. He's to undergo the surgery he's been putting off
since January within the next few days, rehabilitate himself over the pre-season and, with
retirement hanging over his head like the pen knife of Damocles, 'see how he feels' come
August.
By Chris Wright
Someone obviously hasn't let South Africa go yet...
Oh Patrice, c'est dégoûtant!
Via our very favourite French footy blog, the ruddy brilliant Cahiers du
Football
By Alan Duffy
Ledley King Is Dead (well, released), Long Live The King!
After missing out on a Champions League spot thanks to their pesky fellow Londoners Chelsea,
Tottenham have decided to have a bit of a clear-out in preparation for next season's title
assault/battle for fourth place (the choice is yours).
By Chris Wright
Like it says on the tin: Here's a slab of photos of Roy and the boys training at Wembley ahead
of their friendly against Belgique on Saturday evening...
Photos: PA
By Chris Wright
This is horrible to watch (almost as horrible as Grant Holt's grammar). France midfielder Yann
M'Vila pulled up injured after spraining his ankle just four minutes into a friendly against Serbia
- the game that played host to this 98kph Florent Malouda screamer last night
and hobbled off in floods of tears and sat weeping on the bench knowing that his Euro 2012 may have
just gone down the toilet.
By Chris Wright
We're suckers for things like this; a beautiful, slickly shot time-lapse film taken over the
course of the entire day from sunrise to sunset on which Republic of Ireland played and won their
recent friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Aviva in Dublin last weekend.
By Chris Wright
Crikey O'Reilly, would you just look at this mess?
Here's the English translation as best we can fathom:
"I have loved my three years at the club and it SADDENS me to WRITE this but want YOUS to HEAR
it from me first #lovedmytime"
Now, we don't wish to mock the illiterate but.
