Last week, on a training field at England’s World Cup training base at Royal Bafokeng, England captain Rio Ferdinand suffered a tournament ending knee injury that threw Fabio Capello’s squad preparations into disarray. Ferdinand was one part of a center back pairing with Chelsea’s John Terry that formed the bedrock of England’s defense. With the [...]
Last Monday night at Wembley Stadium, England began their brief warm up campaign in preparation for the World Cup which kicks off in twelve days in South Africa. It was supposed to be a farewell to the fans coupled with a comfortable win against a Mexico team which traditionally struggles against European sides away from [...]
Following England’s 3-1 friendly defeat of Egypt at Wembley, opinions were focused on the performance of Peter Crouch who scored two of England’s goals in an adequate team performance leading up the announcement of the 27-man preliminary World Cup squad in May. With Wayne Rooney playing the full 90 minutes, and both Jermaine Defoe and [...]
