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Mike Collett of Reuters gives his viewpoint on England’s World Cup qualifiers
Mike Collett of Reuters looks ahead to England's 2014 World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
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Tags: england, Montenegro, Reuters, Rio Ferdinand, San Marino, world cup, World Cup Qualifier
PATRICK BARCLAY looks at England’s 2014 World Cup qualifying ties against San Marino and Montenegro
WIN in Montenegro and England are favourites to qualifyLOSE and there’s an international crisis
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
The preparation to the week that will go a long way to shaping England’s 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign could hardly have started worse. Instead of the focus being on an improving and dangerous Montenegro after the lesser demands of San Marino, Riogate has dominated the build-up.
Tags: brazil 2014, england, Goal Difference, Manchester United, Mirko Vucinic, Montenegro, patrick barclay, Podgorica, Rio Ferdinand, Roy Hodgson, San Marino, wayne rooney, World Cup Qualifier
TRAPPISH – THE LANGUAGE THAT IS MAKING LEGEND TRAPATTONI A FIGURE OF RIDICULE
COLIN YOUNG of the Daily Mail explains the difficulties of working with Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni TrapattoniBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IF THE football writers who cover England thought Fabio Capello was hard work, a few days with his fellow countryman Giovanni Trapattoni would have them yearning for the good old days under Don Fabio.
Tags: Bayern Munich, colin young, england, English, euro 2012, fabio capello, Giovanni Trapattoni, Inter, Italian, Juventus, language, Manuela Spinelli, Marco Tardelli, Mick McCarthy, press conferece, Republic of Ireland
Giving Alan Ball a piggy-back after the 1966 World Cup win…drinks with Ronnie Biggs…and praying for the phone to ring
As Fleet Street legend STEVE CURRY celebrates his 70th birthday he looks back on a successful and eventful career.By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IT WAS Cassius Clay who was the springboard for Steve Curry’s career as a football writer.
And when a young, innocent lad from Lancashire came to London his life literally went to pot.
Tags: 1966 World Cup, Alan Ball, Brazil, Cassius Clay, Daily Express, daily mail, england, Fleet Street, John Barnes, Steve Curry
FWA Q&A: ALAN SMITH
Daily Telegraph columnist ALAN SMITH on the Crazy Gang...Sam Wallace pressing all the right buttons...and Leicester’s lovely pork pies.Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Only for half a day. When I was 18 I got picked from a long queue outside British Leyland in Birmingham to clean the oil pits during the factory holidays. Good money too - £100 a week. But couldn't stick it.
Tags: Arsenal, barcelona, Crazy Gang, england, Highbury, John Murray, Leicester, Mike Ingham, Sam Allardyce, Versailles
FWA INTERVIEW ADRIAN BEVINGTON
HOW ENGLAND MANAGE THE MEDIABy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
THE DEMANDS of the football-covering media in England are greater than anywhere else in the world.
No other country has as many national daily or Sunday newspapers. Distribution in Spain, France, Germany or Italy would be impossible because of the size of those countries. So, on the continent, major cities tend to be served by one or two locally-based newspapers.
Tags: Adrian Bevington, england, the fa, the Football Association
My Week: Scott Field
Scott Field, head of media relations at the Football Association, on Hodgson’s choice...a new whistle...and why we should hear more of Lineker...Monday May 14
The beauty of working in The FA’s media team is always the sheer variety of subjects we have to cover, and my start to the week is no different. Whilst everyone else begins the week still savouring the greatest end to a Barclays Premier League season there has ever been, my start is dominated by the other side of the game - mainly dealing with the disciplinary fall-out from the weekend that was. After scouring ...
Tags: england, my week, Scott Field, the fa
Roy Hodgson interview
Roy Hodgson announces his England squad for Euro 2012Hear Roy here: Roy Hodgson announces England squad
Tags: england, euro 2012, Roy Hodgson
St George’s Day Delivery for Vauxhall from Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce made a special delivery to a Vauxhall Retailer on St George’s Day to launch England’s new training kit for the European Championship.
Pearce, who was appointed the Interim England Manager in February, hand delivered the new Umbro England training kit to Vauxhall Retailer Pentagon in Burton in a Luton-built Vivaro van.
Tags: england, euro 2012, stuart pearce, Vauxhall
The mystery of England’s 2000th goal
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESWHEN IS as an own-goal not an own-goal? When it is the 2,000th goal scored by England since they started playing internationals in 1872 apparently.
Even Gareth Barry had conceded his headed winner – no apostrophes needed now – against Sweden was what is commonly known as an oggie.
But the Manchester City midfielder – and just about every football writer covering the friendly – was wrong.
Tags: england, manchester city, the fa