There were murmurs coming from Copenhagen that Gareth Southgate was going to start two defensive midfielders — and no creative … More
Author: Dom Smith
Denmark Prove Tough Test for Makeshift England
Denmark 0-0 England On a night when Gareth Southgate handed out debuts to four players, England failed to make a … More
Revenge of a Sort, but Luck Played Major Part in Reykjavík
Iceland 0-1 England By the skin of their teeth, England were on the right side of two stoppage-time penalties and … More
Did Covid Signal the Impending Death of International Football?
It’s that age-old question: ‘What’s more important football-wise, club or country?’ The answer initially given was probably highly patriotic, and … More
Does Ten Month Absence Show England’s Next Generation Have Come of Age?
On 6 October 2001, David Beckham caressed the ball over four Greek men, and watched as it curled majestically into … More
Why Did The FA Appoint Sarina Wiegman as Next England Manager?
Well before Robin van Persie and Wesley Sneijder earned their 100th caps for the Netherlands, a gritty midfield operator had … More
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
