Bookies are slashing odds on the Anfield Cat to become the next England boss. After his fearless display on Monday night, the Cat has been attracting attention from all over the globe. The 4 legged cutie showed more bottle in one night than in 5 years under the atrocious Sven McClaren.

'With England's woeful displays in recent tournaments, a change of direction is exactly what the team need', said the Cat's owner.

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Fabio Capello resigns as England coach- Italian gaffer quits before Euro 2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter England manager Fabio Capello has put in his papers months before the team travels to Poland and Ukraine for the 2012 European Championships.

The Polish keeper Lukasz Fabianski is still stuck as second choise at Arsenal behind his countryman (and rival for the national jersey) Wojciech Szczesny, and he made it clear before Christmas that he wanted to move somewhere else in search of first team football. The Poland manager, Franciszek Smuda, has already told him that he [.

The Polish keeper Lukasz Fabianski is still stuck as second choise at Arsenal behind his countryman (and rival for the national jersey) Wojciech Szczesny, and he made it clear before Christmas that he wanted to move somewhere else in search of first team football. The Poland manager, Franciszek Smuda, has already told him that he [.

Fresh off a transfer from the struggling Bolton Wanderers, defender Gary Cahill is reportedly already unhappy at Stamford Bridge. Cahill found himself on the bench for Chelsea's recent match against Swansea City, as he was hoping to fill in for the injured John Terry.

Goal.com is reporting that an inside source close to the Chelsea training camp noted that Cahill looked as if "his head has gone," but noted that Cahill has not filed any official complaint with manager Andre Villas-Boas.

The English FA have been forced to strip John Terry of the England captaincy after outcry over his racism case being put back till after this Summer's Euro 2012 Finals in Poland and Ukraine with many looking for the Chelsea defender to be stripped of even an
England Jersey
.

Tory MP Damian Collins who has campaigned for FIFA reform hit out saying:
"He is in a public position as England captain.

Adidas Euro 2012 Tango 12 Official Match Ball

It's a customary thing now for a Major Championship Finals to have their own Official Match Ball, a thing which can sometimes disrupt a Major Finals, remember the 2010 World Cup Ball "The Jabulani"? Nevertheless the Euro 2012 Finals match ball should kick-off without a fuss.

Poland's 58,000 seat chocolate national stadium. That's right.

If you're hungry, look away. Poland's new national stadium in Warsaw will host the opening match of EURO 2012 (only 134 days away!), along with two other group stage matches, a quarterfinal, and a semifinal.

Former University of Massachusetts midfielder Jason Villagomez is currently on trial at LKS Lodz of Poland's top division, the Ekstraklasa.

Arsenal will go to Nigeria as part of this summer's pre-season tour.

With Ivan Gazidis announcing that this year's Emirates Cup would be postponed due to the London 2012 Olympics, the club will head to Africa with the objective of extending the Arsenal brand in Nigeria as well as the African continent as a whole.

Ireland international Ciarán Clark admits he has to keep his Aston Villa spot if he is to secure a place in Ireland's 23 man squad for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland.
Clark, who can play in central defence or midfield, has recently regained his Villa spot in a holding midfield role.

Forward Mario Rodriguez (above) is among a 12-player group competing in the 2012 U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup indoor event in Stuttgart, Germany.

U.S. Soccer sent a men's team to Stuttgart, Germany, to compete in the 2012 U-19 Stuttgart Junior Cup, which is an annual indoor tournament.

Image: REUTERS/Murad Sezer.

Remember the other day when we were bemoaning the detrimental effect that kit re-sizing had on our bringing you the best in short tents? Well, since that sad day, Polish NT striker Arkadiusz Piech has shown us there is still room for optimism (although not much else) during Poland's friendly against Bosnia on 16th December.

A redesigned version of the Poland Nike EURO 2012 home jersey was relaunched on Friday. The first incarnation of the kit was unveiled on in early November and used for the Biało-czerwoni (white and reds) friendlies against Belarus, Italy and Hungary. However, a well-publicized public outcry at the exclusion of Polish White Eagle (or Orzeł [.

By Chris Wright

This is the new 58,145-capacity National Stadium on the banks of the Vistula that meanders through Warsaw, and it's where the opening game of Euro 2012 between Poland and Greece will be played. It's also incredibly beautiful by night, as seen here...

Such a handsome brute.

The England national football team will jet off to Poland and Ukraine next summer with the hope of achieving something their forbearers have not. Namely, winning the European Football Championship. Yet the inhabitants of Krakow and Kiev would be hard pressed to place a cigarette paper between our brave English Lions, with their matching suits, [.

Ireland will be based in Gdynia in Poland for Euro 2012, the Football Association today confirmed
Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli visited Poland this week to sign off on the base camp for the finals.
Gdynia is located in the Pomeranian region of Poland and is part of a metropolitan area around the city of Gdansk, known as Tricity.

I was waiting for the Euro draw like a kid waiting for a Christmas present, finally the day came and I was waiting with bated breath to see what it was going to look like. So once the groups were in place the engineer in me wanted to break it down and analyse it. Surely, deep inside I knew I could beat a Shebby Singh or a Carlton Palmer hands down with my analytical skills.

Euro 2012 Gear - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The 14th European Championship for teams sanctioned by the UEFA is scheduled to be played between 8th June and 1st July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

Spain are the current holders of the cup they defeated Germany in the final in Austria / Switzerland version of the tournament in 2008.

Euro 2012 Gear - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The 14th European Championship for teams sanctioned by the UEFA is scheduled to be played between 8th June and 1st July 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

Spain are the current holders of the cup they defeated Germany in the final in Austria / Switzerland version of the tournament in 2008.

With the increased globalization of the game, major tournaments are heading to new lands. Austria and Switzerland hosted Euro 2008, with next year's event heading to Poland and Ukraine. Last year South Africa staged the World Cup with Russia and Qatar on the horizon. While I'm all for spreading the game around the globe (aside for whatever shadiness helped Qatar land the 2022 World Cup), this trend presents a flaw with regards to tournament seeding.

I can explain. This morning, I went to the official UEFA website to look at their stream for the draw, but my desire to view this tasteful spectacle was dashed against the flying rocks from James Cameron's political science fiction blockbuster Avatar (That was an enjoyable figure of speech, regardless of relevance.

The draw has been set for next summer's UEFA Euro 2012 and Greece are in Group A with Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. At first glance, it is a blessing that Greece avoided Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands but a twist of fate can happen anywhere, anytime, and to [read more]

The 2012 EURO's are slowly approaching, and just yesterday the groups for the initial stages of the tournament were drawn. Below are the resulting groups of the draw:


Group A
Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic
Group B
Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal


Group C
Spain, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Croatia


Group D
Ukraine, Sweden, France, England
As for just about every international tournament, a group of death naturally formed.

Tabela
Grupo A
8 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2 Poland Match 1 Greece National Stadium, Warsaw
8 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Russia Match 2 Czech Republic Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
12 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2 Greece Match 9 Czech Republic Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
12 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Poland Match 10 Russia National Stadium, Warsaw
16 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Czech Republic Match 17 Poland Municipal Stadium, Wrocław
16 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Greece Match 18 Russia National Stadium, Warsaw
Grupo B
9 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3 Netherlands Match 3 Denmark Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
9 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Germany Match 4 Portugal Arena Lviv, Lviv
13 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3 Denmark Match 11 Portugal Arena Lviv, Lviv
13 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Netherlands Match 12 Germany Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
17 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Portugal Match 19 Netherlands Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
17 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Denmark Match 20 Germany Arena Lviv, Lviv
Grupo C
10 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2 Spain Match 5 Italy PGE Arena, Gdańsk
10 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Republic of Ireland Match 6 Croatia Municipal Stadium, Poznań
14 June 2012
18:00 UTC+2 Italy Match 13 Croatia Municipal Stadium, Poznań
14 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Spain Match 14 Republic of Ireland PGE Arena, Gdańsk
18 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Croatia Match 21 Spain PGE Arena, Gdańsk
18 June 2012
20:45 UTC+2 Italy Match 22 Republic of Ireland Municipal Stadium, P

Grupo D
11 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3 France Match 7 England Donbass Arena, Donetsk
11 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Ukraine Match 8 Sweden Olympic Stadium, Kiev
15 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Sweden Match 15 England Olympic Stadium, Kiev
15 June 2012
19:00 UTC+3 Ukraine Match 16 France Donbass Arena, Donetsk
19 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 England Match 23 Ukraine Donbass Arena, Donetsk
19 June 2012
21:45 UTC+3 Sweden Match 24 France Olympic Stadium, Kiev

The draw for the 2012 European Championships were drawn today in Kiev in what was the most boring and complicated draw I ever saw. Group D is definitely the Group of Death, with Germany,Holland,Denmark and Portugal to fight it out for supremacy, While England's Group looks easier than usual with Ukraine, Sweden and France in Group D, the Rep.

The Euro 2012 Group draw ceremony has been celebrated in Kiev & has given us the match ups of the 16 European Nations that will by playing it out next June 2012 (Poland-Ukraine) to proclaim themselves 2012 European Champions. Euro 2012 This blog concernes itself with SPANISH FOOTBALL & thus informs that the reigning EURO & WORLD CHAMPS - SPAIN - are in Group C & have Italy, Ireland & Croatia

The wait is over and the four groups have been unveiled for this coming summer's Euro 2012 event in Poland and Ukraine.

Friday's draw, hosted by the latter nation, saw Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal placed together with joint-favorites Germany and Netherlands in Group B, which has emerged as the clear 'group of death'.

Good draw for England in the Euro 2012 as they have been drawn against Ukraine, France and Sweden. It is by now way an easy group for England, but considering who England could have been drawn against, Fabio Capello cannot be too upset.

In every tournament there is a proverbial "Group of Death" and Euro 2012 is no exception.

Ireland face a tough group after being drawn against world and European Champions Spain, Italy and Croatia in Kiev on Friday evening.
Giovanni Trapattoni's side, who will play all of their Group C games in Poland, kick off their finals campaign against Croatia in Gdansk on 10 June.
Ireland will remain in the port city for the clash against tournament favourites Spain on 14 June, before travelling to Poznan for the side's final group game against Italy on 18 June.

The draw for the 2012 UEFA European Championship, to be held in Poland and Ukraine from 8th June – 1st July next year, has been made in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv this evening. Sixteen nations will contest this competition for the last time before the next tournament, to be held in France in 2016, will see an increase in the number of finals entrants to 24.

The draw for the 2012 UEFA European Championship, to be held in Poland and Ukraine from 8th June – 1st July next year, has been made in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv this evening. Sixteen nations will contest this competition for the last time before the next tournament, to be held in France in 2016, will see an increase in the number of finals entrants to 24.

The draw for this upcoming summer's Euro 2012 tournament is set to go in Kiev, Ukraine, with 16 teams eager to find out who they'll be competing against for the continent's championship. With co-hosts Poland and Ukraine placed in the first pot, there's bound to be some treacherous group pairings for some of the world's top teams.

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The official ball of the Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland, which was developed by Adidas, will be called the "Tango 12″.

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Postcard from Poland: Why Arsenal fans at Euro 2012 will feel right at home in Warsaw's national stadium

England fans have been invited to the biggest Fan Zone in history at Euro 2012. Defilad Square in the centre of Warsaw is ready to host up to 120,000 supporters from all over the continent during next summer's month-long tournament.

Image: AP Photo/Sang Tan.

It would be fantastic to draw England. I told the lads I'm going to grow long hair if we draw England. You might remember the goalkeeper who played against England in 1973. You should all remember.

We do, Wojciech. And might we say, in light of your assertion that you are going to sport a 'do like former Polish goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski if Poland get England in the EUROs, we thought you could identify appalling, hair-related decision making.

The Euro 2012 group draw is upon us this week, with the draw taking place on Friday in Kiev. The Euro is always one of the toughest tournaments to win and this edition will be no different. We decide to take a look at what the groups could look like through our own simulation and this is what we got.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny believes that the Gunners should stay positive after last Saturday's draw against Fulham. Speaking after the game, the Poland International revealed that the players were frustrated after the final whistle as their ...