ENGLAND 2, AUSTRALIA 1 Marcus Rashford scores on his England debut in under 3 minutes Wayne Rooney scores his 52nd goal for England Eric Dier puts through his own goal Marcus Rashford’s footballing fairytale continued with a goal on his debut as England beat Australia in their second warm-up match before the finals of Euro 2016. The […]
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Kane and Vardy have party as England defeat Turkey in Euro 2016 warm-up game
ENGLAND 2, TURKEY 1 Kane and Vardy are having a party is the quirky name of a new charity Euro 2016 pop song. And the front pair had a party as they both scored against Turkey in a friendly at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium in the build up to next month’s Euro finals in France. […]
Marcus Rashford the surprise name in Roy Hodgson’s provisional England training squad ahead of Euro 2016
Manchester United’s teenage striker Marcus Rashford has been named in England manager Roy Hodgson’s 26 man provisional training squad for Euro 2016. Rashford joins his United team mates Chris Smalling, and captain Wayne Rooney in the squad, which also contains Manchester City’s Joe Hart, Raheem Sterling, and Fabian Delph. The 18-year-old had only made his […]
England back to earth with a bang following home defeat by Holland
ENGLAND 1, HOLLAND 2 The euphoria of England’s historic win against Germany three days earlier disappeared as they were beaten by Holland at Wembley in their latest warm-up game for Euro 2016. While there was disappointment among the fans, a contrast to the scenes of jubilation in Berlin, it is too easy to be swept […]
Eric Dier scores dramatic injury-time winner as England win 3-2 in Germany
GERMANY 2, ENGLAND 3 Roy Hodgson described it as his finest hour – and a half – as England manager following the memorable win against Germany at Berlin’s historic Olympic Stadium. While Hodgson did not want to be drawn initially on the issue by declaring he hopes his best moment has yet to come, he […]