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There are plenty of people out there that don’t care about international football. More often than not, it is people who support a club side that has enjoyed success over the years, so the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United fans don’t need to pin their hopes on England winning a major tournament in the […]
The tiny landlocked nation of San Marino began playing football in 1986 as an international team but didn’t gain entrance into UEFA and FIFA until 1988. Their international team made its debut in competitive action in qualifying for the 1992 European Championships. As is understandable for a new team, they struggled and lost all of […]
The European Championships pit the best national teams on the continent against each other, with some of the world’s biggest players competing head-to-head. With Euro2024 on the horizon, in this article, we will look at the most successful teams in the history of the competition. Germany (3-time winners in 1972, 1980 and 1996) The joint-most […]
I was reading an article from someone who was complaining about the pointless international friendlies. There are countless football supporters in England who see the international break as nothing more than a waste of time, or an inconvenience which serves little purpose. There’s a growing band of fans who would rather see their team win […]
A late penalty that was awarded by the Video Assistant Referee denied Gareth Southgate’s England back-to-back victories as Luigi Di Biagio’s Italy visited Wembley Stadium for the first time on Tuesday evening in an International friendly. Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy had given the Three Lions the lead in the first-half with a memorable finish […]
Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s made it six consecutive victories in all competitions yesterday evening at Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane by overcoming Oleksandr Holovko’s Ukraine U21s. The Young Lions have now won each of their last five Group 4 2019 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers and initially went ahead through Sheffield-born striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin. A header […]
Argentina’s friendlies ahead of the WC 2018 Argentina’s 2-0 victory over Italy was overshadowed by a humiliating 6-1 loss in the Wanda Metropolitana against Spain. It looks like Argentina have got a long way to go… Here are 4 talking points from these friendlies. No Messi, No party It may not come as a surprise […]
In both nation’s second International friendly of 2018, Gareth Southgate’s England welcome Luigi Di Biagio’s Italy to London to renew a classic rivalry between two proud footballing countries, an eagerly-awaited one too over the last few months. The Three Limos head into the friendly off the back of beating the Netherlands for the first time […]
After England’s first win in the Netherlands since 1969, they take on Italy at home tonight. So far the two nations have met twenty-six times in all competitions and friendlies. England have won eight, Italy ten with eight draws. Here are five wins for England against The Azzurri. 1976 Bicentennial Tournament, Yankee Stadium, New York, […]
In the sixth matchday of qualifying Group 4 for the 2019 UEFA European U21 Championship, Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s play host to Oleksandr Holovko’s Ukraine U21s in a top of the Group clash which promises to be a memorable one. The Young Lions head into the fixture off the back of a run of five […]
Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s got the better of Daniel Isaila’s Romania U21s at Molineux Stadium on Saturday evening in the one-off Cyrille Regis International to extend their unbeaten run in all International competitions to nearly a year, here’s five of the biggest Talking Points from the competitive contest. Gray Marks Captaincy In Style Young Leicester […]
Let’s take an in-depth look at England U21 player performance from Saturday evening’s Cyrille Regis International victory over Daniel Isaila’s Romania U21s at Molineux Stadium on Saturday evening, as Aidy Boothroyd’s Young Lions became the first team to defeat the Romanians in just under a year. Dean Henderson: 8/10 Enjoying a rare start between the […]
Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s claimed a narrow victory over Daniel Isaila’s Romania U21s in the Cyrille Regis International at Molineux Stadium on Saturday evening to carry on a run of four consecutive wins that started in September 2017. The Three Lions led from the eighth minute when Demarai Gray, captaining his nation for the first […]
7:20 PM: Unfortunately that wraps up our coverage live from Molineux Stadium this evening where Boothroyd’s England U21s and Isaila’s Romania U21s played out an entertaining affair that the home nation just edged in the end, Demarai Gray and Jake Clarke-Salter rendering a late Romanian consolation useless. Tonight was the visitors’ first loss in just […]
In a one-off Cyrille Regis International fixture, Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s play host to Daniel Isaila’s Romania U21s on an evening that will be dedicated to former Three Lions star and footballing icon Regis, who sadly passed away at the age of 59. The home nation head into the fixture off the back of European […]
In the first round of international friendlies of 2018, Gareth Southgate’s England travel to face Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands in what promises to be an intriguing matchup in the Dutch capital between two teams that have endured opposite fortunes in recent months. The Dutch head into the fixture off the back of following their disastrous 2018 […]
England U21s head coach Aidy Boothroyd has named his latest 26-man squad for upcoming home matches against Romania and Ukraine at Molineux Stadium and Bramall Lane next week. There are two new fresh faces in the set-up this time around and they come in the form of Fulham and England U19 star Ryan Sessegnon and […]
A few years back, a retired German player by the name of Stefan Reinartz came up with a new metric in football. In short, he and his team analyse how many players were ‘taken out’ or bypassed during the 90 minutes by assigning a numerical value to effective passing and dribbles. They called it ‘Packing’. […]
Holland provided the last test of the group stage. Often flattering to deceive, the Dutch were a team at war with each other. Childish in-fighting marred their campaign and at times it appeared they just didn’t want to be there. England just needed a point to qualify and was their first evening game of the […]
June 1996, a month which will always bring a smile to the face of English people old enough to remember the European Championships in England. Not just because the hosts reached the semi final (a semi final for England back then was almost a minimum requirement), it was just a magnificent time to be a […]
