Manchester City’s Joe Hart has retained his place in Roy Hodgson’s latest England squad to play friendlies against Chile and Germany later this month. The England goalkeeper, rested by City manager Manuel Pellegrini for games against Norwich City and CSKA Moscow, is expected to be rested for games that might see Fraser Forster and John […]
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England fix World Cup friendly dates
England will play Chile and Germany at Wembley on November 15 and 19 respectively as part of their World Cup 2014 preparations. Roy Hodgson’s team finished top of their group to qualify for the finals by beating Poland and will celebrate by facing two fellow finalists in Chile and Germany. They will follow this up […]
Roy Hodgson names Wayne Rooney in England squad and backs Joe Hart to bounce back
England manager Roy Hodgson has named Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in his England squad for the games against Montenegro and Poland at Wembley next week. Rooney is joined by United team mates Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick, and Tom Cleverley. Rooney had earlier been passed fit to play this weekend at Sunderland […]
England maintain pole position for World Cup 2014 qualification
UKRAINE 0, ENGLAND 0 England secured a battling draw that sees them maintain pole position in Group H with a far from classic performance but one which afforded them a massive step towards the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. Frank Lampard could have sealed victory on his 100th England appearance but his late header […]
Welbeck woe after two-goal show
ENGLAND 4, MOLDOVA 0. England’s win against Wembley in their World Cup qualifier was the formality everybody predicted. Whether England make it to Brazil next summer won’t hinge on such opponents, but how they are against the heavyweights of the group – Ukraine, Montenegro and Poland. And one of those obstacles will be on […]