Soccer Limey in America

I have to admit that watching England make easy work of the Moldovan national team on Friday in their opening World Cup Qualifier for Brazil 2014 was a pleasant experience in direct contrast to their previous competitive match in the Euro2012 Quarter Final loss against Italy in the early summer. Gone were the stifling defensive [...]

Andre Villas-Boas’s radical thinking starting to pay dividends for Chelsea – Telegraph. Last night at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea cruised through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League with a convincing 3-0 win over top La Liga side Valencia. Following the pressure laden last few weeks for Andre Villas Boas, this win came as a relief [...]

I’m not entirely sure where to start with this article, but I can safely say that yesterday represented, for me at least, the culmination of almost 12 months of agony whilst following the fortunes of England and it’s now hapless manager, Fabio Capello. A good place to begin would be to think back to the [...]

Over the years, I’ve always tried to stay objective when examining England performances and following their nice win over Bulgaria on Friday in Sofia, I was somewhat interested to read many of the media comments from some pretty well respected columnists across the soccer world, who fell over themselves to praise the performance. Whilst a [...]

BBC Sport – Frank Lampard pulls out of England squad due to illness. Let me start by explaining that I am not, and never have been , a Frank Lampard fan. I think he’s overrated, a horrible ball striker, and without a level of talent that allows him to play the position for his club [...]

The last time I spoke about the chase for the English Premier League title, I mentioned that it was down to a two-horse race between Arsenal and Man Utd. After watching tonight’s game which saw Chelsea come from behind to beat the League leaders 2-1, my opinion hasn’t changed. What has changed is my pick [...]

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 [...]

Today saw the end of the English Premier League season with Chelsea steamrollering Wigan to take the Premier League Title for the first time since 2006. Man Utd also won in a canter against Stoke by a margin of 4-0 but it was a case of too little too late for the Manchester club. The [...]

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 [...]

The big news out of England this weekend other than Manchester United’s thrashing of Arsenal on Sunday has been the off-the field adventures of Chelsea and England captain John Terry. A court earlier this week lifted a media blackout surrounding an affair between the Chelsea defender and the girlfriend of former teammate Wayne Bridge. The [...]