Well before Robin van Persie and Wesley Sneijder earned their 100th caps for the Netherlands, a gritty midfield operator had…
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…
Talking England: Fara Williams
As the Lionesses shot off in all manner of directions across the country at the end of the international break,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
