Manchester United duo Wayne Rooney and Phil Jones will miss England’s crucial World Cup 2014 qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine along with Liverpool’s Glen Johnson. Rooney suffered a gashed head in training ahead of United’s game against Liverpool at Anfield today while team mate Jones came off with an ankle problem during the first half […]
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Rooney named in England squad
Wayne Rooney has been named in the England squad to face Scotland in a friendly match at Wembley next Wednesday. The Manchester United forward has not played a single game during pre-season due to a succession of niggly injuries but may yet get some game time at Wembley as Roy Hodgson looks to try out […]
Brazil held to a draw by England
BRAZIL 2, ENGLAND 2 Brazil and England played out an entertaining draw which showed the potential of both sides. Like his father before him, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored at the Maracana but England couldn’t hold on for victory against a Brazil side who arguably deserved more than a draw in the end. England manager Roy Hodgson […]
Cleverley ruled out of England friendlies
Manchester United’s Tom Cleverley has been ruled out of the England squad for the forthcoming friendly games against the Republic of Ireland and Brazil. Cleverley lasted an hour of Sir Alex Ferguson’s last game in charge of Manchester United, a 5-5 draw at West Bromwich Albion last weekend, before he succumbed to a calf injury […]
England’s penalty agony: Some notes
England exited Euro 2012 on penalties after misses by Ashley Young and Ashley Cole allowed the Italians to deservedly progress to a semi-final against Germany. Roy Hodgson’s side were unchanged from their winning game against Ukraine and had a good spell early in the first half of this contest but fatigue set in and the […]