Well before Robin van Persie and Wesley Sneijder earned their 100th caps for the Netherlands, a gritty midfield operator had … More
Author: Dom Smith
International Football Writer
Celebrity Culture: How Moving Away Moved England On
On 3 October 2010, News of the World became the second national newspaper in just a few months to print … More
Talking England: Fara Williams
As the Lionesses shot off in all manner of directions across the country at the end of the international break, … More
Replacing Clive Tyldesley Solves a Problem That Didn’t Exist
Few people took to the challenges that the UK lockdown posed quite as well as Clive Tyldesley. The 65-year-old commentator’s … More
10 Villains England Fans Will Never Forgive
Events distort the memory. It is in our nature to accentuate things we remember in order for them to fit … More
England to Return in September as Nations League Is Retained
The Premier League is back. Football in England’s top division has a cram-packed schedule between now and the end of … More
The Changing Profile of an England Player
Cuthbert Ottaway led England out in their very first international football match in 1872. Eton-schooled and son of the mayor … More
Phil Neville’s Time Is Up, but It Didn’t Need to Be
How can you work towards something if you don’t know what you’re working towards? It is a fair question that … More
Talking England: Nicky Shorey
“We gave as good as we got,” says Nicky Shorey. The 39-year-old is now a lead scout at Reading in … More
The Strangest of England Goals From the Strangest of Places
What? That was a bit weird. Facing the very side that had knocked them out of the World Cup in … More
