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A hat-trick. His first goals for England. The first hat-trick of his career. It was a precious
occasion. One that will go down in history. And that is some impact to make at 19.England warded of
the Croatian threat with a convincing 4 -1 win.Rooney showed his class at last.Beckham didn't get a
look in.
In the latest episode of "I'm on Setanta Sports", new Director of Programming Fabio
Capello gives Wayne Rooney a free role. And much the The Special One's dismay, Dennis Wise become a
verb.
The Times is reporting that although Fabio Capello has left David Beckham out of the England squad,
he still has a chance of moving beyond his current tally of 99 caps. Times journo Matt Dickinson
writes: "Beckham was told over the telephone by Capello late on Wednesday evening that he had been
left [.
In the latest from The Special One (and friends) Jose and It go on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to
raise money for the Berbatov Appeal. There's also a not very convincing apology to Nani, the return
of Ameobi super-fan Dave, another mysterious glimpse at Capello and - déjà vu alert - the
promise [.
England manager Fabio Capello arrives on the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards in
St.Petersburg, Russia.
(Summary is not available.)
Some news to read as you have "Highway to Hell" played at your funeral: Fabio Capello
lounges around in Speedos. With photographic proof. (And for some reason this photo was less
painful than expected. But still.) (The Spoiler) Transfer Gossip Poetry Grenade, Vol. I (Because
what's the point of the transfer window if [.
Partizan - Sampdoria 08_09 UEFA Cup. 17 Cassano Antonio
Originally uploaded by photoreti Antonio Cassano jugador italiano, conocido por sus excesos dentro
y fuera de la cancha, ha sacado un libro y aquí una de las frases que mas han sonado en la
blogosfera:
"A Capello le dije que era más falso que el dinero del Monopoly"
"He tenido aventuras.
Fabio Capello has adopted the role of generous grandfather ahead of England's crucial and
desperately important friendly against the footballing superpower that are the United States of
America. The BBC report that the Italian is going to allow the likes of Frank Lampard and John
Terry the opportunity to open a whole can of 'whup-ass' [.
Here is an interesting article that for Republic of Ireland forward turned London Times columnist
Tony Cascarino wrote about David Beckham's recent performances for the English national team. I
completely agree with Tony based on the England games that I've seen live. The English team are
tolerating Beckham purely for his ability on free kicks and corners, but they really do need a more
complete player like a David Bentley or Aaron Lennon (if he can recapture his form).
With four months remaining until England's first World Cup qualification game against Andorra, manager Fabio Capello has hinted that he's narrowed down the search for the squad's next captain to two names: Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand.
The Sun is reporting that Gerrard is a slight favourite to take over the captaincy on a more [.
FIFA have just published their latest World Ranking table and one thing is immediately obvious -
the effect of Euro 2008 and some of the recent World Cup qualifiers has given the global pecking
order a major shake up.
To begin with, European champions Spain (sorry, that still makes us laugh) are the new leaders
following last weekend's win in the Final over Germany.
(Summary is not available.)
Is Fabio having a laugh? Probably not once he saw Wes Brown's first touch. Thanks to John Rain for
the spot. More Shit Lookalikes...
I am extremely bored to the point of pulling my hair out. Couldn't think of anything to write about
today. So in my search for stuff remotely concerning United, I came upon the latest edition of I'm
on Setanta Sports where Wayne Rooney interviews 'Cabbage Man' Capello. It's not their best episode,
but then, I [.
Sorry I didn't get to post yesterday. One of those days where my feet didn't touch the ground (or
my fingers the keyboard!).
Of course there has only been one real football story the last couple of days. The Croatia v
England match tonight.
It makes me laugh really. Being a girl still fairly new to football I listen to as many
commentators as I can to improve my knowledge and understanding.
I'm so sorry, he's from Pamplona... The devilish fiend of Farrier returns just in time for All
Hallow's Eve and with another tantalising proposition, arguing both sides of the story just for the
sake of stirring the cauldron. As there is no possible way of furthering the tedious Halloween link
to a certain Arsenal goalkeeper, let's just get straight on with the big question:
1 England again have a 'DB' wearing number 7 who could make the shirt his own for years. 2 This was
in many ways the perfect result. It was a victory, a decent performance, but nothing too flashy.
Certainly no 5-0 win to get overexcited about. 3 The England players wanted to impress. There
weren't too many egos going through the motions at Wembley last night.
Do I hear £11million for this England international? It's not yet clear whether Chelsea or
even Arsenal will enter the race for the Aston Villa midfielder although it appears that Liverpool
have wasted no time since their Champions League exit on Wednesday night trying to recruit Gareth
Barry. The Daily Mail report that there is [.
England 2 U.S. and A 0 Rubbish first half. Mildly better second half. Another insipid England
performance lacking in invention and spark. The most worrying and annoying thing is that as soon as
Capello announced his team, it was obvious that this was to be the outcome. Why Capello did not use
this friendly as an excuse to give his "fringe" players a run-out is bemusing.
Real Madrid's love affair with Brazilian footballers seems to be slowly coming to an end. At its
height, back in Florentino Pérez's last season as club president, the squad boasted five
Brazilians in its ranks: Roberto Carlos, Cicinho, Baptista, Robinho and Ronaldo. As of today, with
the sale of Julio Baptista to Roma for €12 million, this number now stands at two: Robinho
and Marcelo.
The Times' potent blunderbuss of twin journo's; Martin Samuel and Oliver Kay, reckon that David
Beckham might not be receiving his 100th cap in the friendly bout against Switzerland. Although
Becks won't feature, it is more to do with Capello's desire to test out other more unfamiliar
options rather than dropping Becks beyond [.
So... David Beckham has once again been left in football limbo by Fabio Capello, who has denied the
former England captain the chance to pick up that coveted 100th international cap.
However unlike at Real Madrid where the 32-year-old was harshly dealt with by the Italian, Beckham
can have no-one to blame but himself this time around for not being part of Capello's plans for his
new team.
The Guardian reckons that England manager Fabio Capello isn't finished yet with his culling of some
of the old guard and is set to drop Michael Owen for today's game against Switzerland. Guardian
journo Dominic Fifield writes: "Despite a first Premier League goal for Newcastle in four months on
Sunday and the timely [.
While the rest of Europe prepare in earnest for the upcoming European Championships, the English
are wondering what activities to indulge themselves as they licked their wounded pride. England
failed to qualify so it is hard to foresee a nation gripped by football fever. Amid this
depression, nobody paid much attention to to Fabio Capello's friendly [.
Feyenoord won the Champions Cup in 1970, but was unable to secure the top spot in its domestic league and was, therefore, unable to claim the top spot in the WCR Top 25, settling for second. In 1971, Feyenoord was able to win its domestic title, but still had to settle for second in the WCR rankings, sitting behind fellow Dutch team Ajax
Ajax ran wild on the Dutch domestic league despite finishing second.
The Inter coach has a fantasy football soccer team, and it certainly has a lot of former players on
it.
And no Red Devils. Good luck with that.
- Israel/Palestine World Cup 2018? Whoa. [Guardian]
- SWP to Portsmouth? [Daily Mail]
- Captain of Brazil's Olympic team: Ronaldinho.
Ok, obviously the real action took place last night up at Mile End Stadium,
but apparently some people seem to not really care about how amazing me and my friends are at
5-a-side and would rather hear about the bunch of over-rated no-hopers that we like to call the
England national team.
Sven McClaren has named his squad for the crucial World Cup qualifiers with the surprise inclusion
of Fulham's Jimmy Bullard. England start their campaign with a double-header against the mighty
Andorra and Croatia on 6th and 10th September respectively.
The masterminds from I'm On Setanta Sports are back with a one-on-one interview between Wayne
Rooney, like, and Fabio Capello. Enjoy part one of the interview. Part two will be released after
the Croatia against England game on Wednesday. If you're not sure, learn more about what a chip
butty is. If you're new here, you may want [.
If you've heard of that name already then you don't really need to read this column. If you haven't
heard of that name and you are a soccer then you do need to read this column. Brian Glanville is
the greatest sports journalist in the English-Speaking world. I have never read a better writer on
any sport then Brian's writing on soccer.
The London Times ran this article asking who was more responsible for England's victory against
Croatia - Fabio Capello or Theo Walcott. Its a bit like the old question of which came first, the
chicken or the egg. To me the answer is pretty simple and it doesn't take a Jenas or a genius to
figure out that the answer is Walcott.
...and Zaragoza did not score on the rebound. Casillas spared his side from a potentially
embarrassing defeat by saving at least 10 shots on goal by Zaragoza. His providential reflexes (and
the woodwork) kept Real in the game long enough to enable the clinical finishing of first Van
Nistelrooy and second Robinho, to put paid to Zaragoza with two goals from the three chances Madrid
had all night.
The Sun today brings us news of the latest poor lad dragooned into captaining the England side,
journo Shaun Custis writes: "Steven Gerrard will be Fabio Capello's first captain. "But the
position of permanent England skipper is still up for grabs. "Boss Capello has settled on the
experienced Liverpool midfielder as leader for his [.
The Daily Mail reports that Jonathan Woodgate joined Spurs because he can see that they are going
places, White Hart Lane is far more accessible to Fabio Capello, and he wanted to escape his
coddled duvet cover of a life at Middlesbrough; Woodgate said: "I could have stayed at
Middlesbrough and had [.
The blogging community's verdict on England's 2-1 win over Switzerland at Wembley, in particular
the role of new boss Fabio Capello... 'Capello has already given England something different. This
team will play in a different way to its predecessors....
The blogging community's verdict on England's 2-1 win over Switzerland at Wembley, in particular
the role of new boss Fabio Capello... 'Capello has already given England something different. This
team will play in a different way to its predecessors....
Who would have thought it? When Fabio Capello was appointed England manager, you would have got big
odds on Jermain Jenas scoring the first goal of the Italian's reign, but that's exactly what
happened on Wednesday night. Indeed, the Tottenham midfielder more than justified his selection in
the starting XI, while his club form hasn't [.
Strange bedfellows indeed. Not only is Giovanni Trapattoni taking over as the new
Republic of Ireland coach, he's getting World Cup hero Marco Tardelli to be his
number two. OK, so it's just an excuse to link to what is without doubt the best ever celebration
of a goal in the history of soccer (see below).
It appears that crying gets you everywhere as far as international football is concerned. Despite
being involved in a number of unsavoury incidents this season (on and off the pitch), it appears
that John Terry could be leading out the England team against Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The
Times reports that the Chelsea skipper was [.
