England Football Team News

Beckham Hits 100

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT

David Beckham has become only the fifth player to win 100 caps for England.

France 1-0 England

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT

David Beckham won his 100th cap for England as Franck Ribery's first half penalty defeats Capello's England in their first game away from Wembley.

The match was untidy but even, and England were unlucky to come away without at least a draw.

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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT

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England 2-1 Switzerland

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT

Fabio Capello's reign as England manager has started with victory over an under strength Swiss side.

Jermain Jenas and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored the goals that secured the win, but Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney were instrumental.

England settled their early nerves with Jenas' 40th minute strike (his first for his country) and enjoyed a comfortable second half, despite Derdiyok's 58th minute equaliser.

Wright-Phillips scored the winner in the 62nd minute after good work from captain Gerrard down the England left.

Overall it was an encouraging start to Capello's England career, though there is a very long way to go to restore lost pride to the three lions badge.

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Capello's First Squad

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT

Fabio Capello has named his first 23-man England squad.

David Beckham does not feature but Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor does get a place, along with Ashley Young and David Bentley who form a trio of excting wingers.

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Capello Confirmed

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Fabio Capello has been confirmed as the new England manager after the details of his contract were finalised with the Football Association.

England 2-3 Croatia

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

England are out of the European Championships after another poor display.

England were 2-0 down within 14 minutes after Scott Carson's 8th minute mistake and a well worked Croatian move finished off by Ivica Olic 6 minutes later.

And McClaren's team struggled to the break, looking unsure at the back and lacking in ideas going forward.

The second half started better and England were awarded a soft penalty, which Frank Lampard converted, before Peter Crouch equalised with a cool finish from David Beckham's cross.

But that was as good as it got for England. The team sat back, giving a quality Croatian team far too much time and space, and they were punished on 77 minutes when Petric's long range effort floew past Carson.

So England are out, failing to qualify for a major championship for the first time since USA '94. McClaren will probably loose his job. Beckham will probably not make 100 caps and English football has to take a long hard look at itself.

The brightside? Jose Mourinho is still out of work.

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Destiny back in our hands

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Israel have done England a massive favour by beating Russia 2-1 in Tel Aviv.

Elyaniv Barda and Omer Golan scored Israel's goals, with the winner coming in injury time.

In an unexpected twist, Croatia also lost their penultimate qualifier, going down 2-0 in Macedonia.

The results mean that Croatia have qualified for the finals, and that a draw at Wembley next Wednesday will see England qualify, with Croatia as group winners.

Should England beat Croatia at Wembley, then they will top the qualification group.

Austra 0-1 England

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Michael Owen was injured and Peter Crouch scored the winner in a low key friendly in Vienna.

Frank Lampard was back alongside Steven Gerrard in England's midfield, although exactly why the impressive Gareth Barry was dropped for Lampard's return is a mystery.

David Beckham also returned from injury to win his 98th international cap, and it was his corner that Crouch headed home for the only goal of the match.

4,500 fans travelled to the freezing Austrian capital, showing once again that England are easily the best supported team in Europe, but the loyal fans were left cold in a match which offered little in entertainment.

The most significant event of the match, barring Crouch's winner, was an injury to Michael Owen that will keep him out of the Croatia match.

For now, all eyes are on Israel.

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Russia 2-1 England

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

England look unlikely to qualify for the European Championships after going down to two second half goals from Pavluchenko.

In truth, England did not loose their chance of qualification on the artificial turf of Moscow's Luznikhi Stadium, they lost it a year ago with a 0-0 draw against Macedonia.

It is possible that England could still qualify for the finals, but they are reliant on Israel taking at least a point off of Russia next month.

Meanwhile, Sven Goran Eriksson's Manchester City team lie in 3rd place in the Premier League table. What a difference a year makes.

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