Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Argentina have shown the rest of us how it is done. They have shown that it is possible to pass and control this World Cup ball. They have shown that you can play attractive and effective football and they have shown that you can score goals. Sweat Meanwhile, everyone in England is waiting to see if their multi-millionaire football supers...

As the current England squad struggle to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup, I am consoling myself with thinking about the younger players who could make an impact in future tournaments. (Sorry everybody I’m clutching at straws for positives about England at the moment!) Generation For the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and John Terry ...

There was no happy birthday for Fabio Capello as England were booed by their supporters after a dreadful performance against Algeria. Although they exerted some late pressure, if Capello's men had denied Algeria a point it would have been a massive injustice on a night when Franz Beckenbauer's assessment of England being a "kick and rush" team was proved to be fals...

Skipper Steven Gerrard gave England the perfect start by scoring his 17th goal for his country after just four minutes. But Green somehow allowed Clint Dempsey's effort to beat him five minutes before the interval. And it could have been worse had the West Ham goalkeeper not partially redeemed himself by pushing Jozy Altidore's second-half effort onto a post. ...

England started their 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign with hopes of finally bagging the elusive title of world champions but were dealt a huge blow when Green committed a goalkeeping error to allow Clint Dempsey to equalise for the Americans after Steven Gerrard had given the Three Lions an early lead. In his column for The Mirror, former England defender, Butcher sla...

Here we go then. It’s World Cup time!!! I clearly remember every tournament in my lifetime apart from 1962 when I was a baby and the one that we won! 1966 I was born in 1961 but much to my disgust, I just don’t remember the 1966 finals. Typical that I was alive when it happened but I can’t remember England lifting the trophy. 1970 The first one I re...

Milos Krasic's agent says the highly rated Serbian star would be "stupid" to reject the chance of a move to the Premier League. CSKA Moscow, Milos Krasic GettyImages Milos Krasic has been linked with a number of sides around Europe Krasic, who currently plys his trade with CSKA Moscow, has been named in Serbia's World Cup squad alongside defender Nemanja V...

(soccerholic.info)England goalkeeper Ben Foster has signalled that he will be leaving Manchester United at the end of the season as he seeks to revive a career that has stalled over the last ten months. (more...)...