International

Summer Tour 1995 and in preparation for the World Cup in America the following summer, the USA hosted a four-nation competition with England, Brazil and Germany invited. Five stadiums would be used for the six games as the US had the opportunity to give the world a glimpse of what was to come twelve months […]

World Cup Qualification 1994 Three months after the sheer depression of Euro ’92, England travelled to Spain for a friendly. If you thought England had problems, Spain finished third in their qualifying group for that competition losing more than they won, including defeat to Iceland. Taylor handed debuts to Paul Ince (Manchester United) and David […]

European Championship 1992 Sweden was the venue for the ninth European Championships, which was still an eight team tournament. England was drawn in the same group as the hosts, along with France and Denmark. Denmark were a late inclusion after Yugoslavia were kicked out due to the Balkan War. Taylor named a twenty man squad […]

It was announced by the Football Association, earlier this week, that England’s Men’s U21 team will be hosting Romania’s at Wolverhampton Wanderers’ home Stadium of Molineux later this year. The historic fixture, which is due to take place on Saturday 23 March 2018, will be the third time that the young Three Lions have played […]

Sebastián Abreu only just signed for Audax Italiano which will extend his already remarkable career as a footballer. The now 41-year old striker has scored over 400 goals in professional football which is an achievement on itself. However, it’s not the number of goals that reached the Guinness Book of World Records. Abreu has played […]

The Colombian forward has featured a lot in the news recently after the racist eye gesture he made during the friendly between Colombia and South Korea. He publicly apologised afterwards in a message which was spread via the official social media accounts of Colombia’s NT: “ I didn’t mean to disrespect anyone, a country or […]

Gareth Southgate’s England made it successive home goalless draws last night against the number one and two FIFA Ranked Nations against a strong Brazil side in the first ever Bobby Moore Fund International. But, it was another night of International Football that far from caught the eye in West London as the two teams played […]

In the first of a unique series of Bobby Moore Fund International games, Gareth Southgate’s England welcome Adenor Leonardo Bacchi’s Brazil to London for what promises to be an electric night of action under the stars. The Three Lions head into the match off the back of Friday night’s home friendly draw to Germany, whilst […]

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland are out of the race to book a place at next summer’s Russian World Cup after a goalless draw away in Switzerland meant a slim aggregate defeat over their two legs of the play-ff. But, there was understandable jubilation for the Swiss, we will be seeing them playing in their ninth […]

A valiant performance from Michael Skibbe’s Greece was enough to hold a strong Croatia side to a 0-0 draw in Athens last night in the second leg of their World Cup Qualifying Play-Off. But, it all meant nothing in the grand scheme of things as Ante Cacic’s men were happy to sit on a three-goal […]

A string of superb saves from Republic of Ireland keeper Darren Randolph was enough for Martin O’Neill’s men to earn a draw with Denmark in the first leg of their World Cup Qualifying Play-Off in Copenhagen. The hosts had the better of the play throughout the 90 minutes but came up against a stern Irish […]

A dominant performance from Aidy Boothroyd’s England U21s was enough to secure a creditable away win over Ukraine’s young stars to extend their lead at the top of Qualifying Group Four for The 2019 UEFA U19 Championship to five points after as many games. The visitors needed only to strike twice either side of half-time, […]

Gareth Southgate’s experimental England side put in a credible performance to earn a 0-0 draw at the hands of Joachim Low’s reigning World Champions last night at Wembley Stadium. Both Nations had their chances, but these were few and far between and, more importantly, not taken, leaving the visitors the most frustrated after having the […]

We’re back again, back to boredom. The International break feels like it goes on forever. It’s a part of the season where football fans hide behind their sofas, and become afraid to look at their TV screens, IPad’s, phones, the list goes on. It’s not that i’m against England as a footballing nation or team, […]

Croatia virtually guaranteed their spot in next summers World Cup after a comprehensive victory in Zagreb over Michael Skibbe’s Greece. The Croatian’s took full advantage of some comical Greek defending and found themselves in front after just 13 minutes when Watford goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis gifted the hosts a penalty kick.  Karnezis’ clumsy first touch was […]

In the first round of friendly warm-up matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Gareth Southgate’s England host Joachim Low’s World Champions on the night that International Football will remember the fallen. The Three Lions head into the tie after topping Group F in Qualifying and finishing the campaign with a 0-1 victory in Lithuania, […]

A contentious second-half penalty from Ricardo Rodriguez was enough to give the travelling Swiss side a one-goal advantage heading into the second-leg of their World Cup Qualifying Play-Off with Northern Ireland at Windsor Park last night. Despite being predominantly the better side over the duration of the match, the visitors, under Vladimir Petkovic, could have […]

On Matchday Five of Qualifying for the 2019 European U21 Championship, Aidy Boothroyd’s young England side make the tricky trip to The Ukraine for a Group Four clash, having extended their lead to four points with a victory in Andorra last time out. Whereas, the hosts come into the tie off the back of a […]

Definition of a clutch player, according to Google: Clutch performance in sports is the phenomenon of athletes under pressure, usually in the last minutes of a game, to summon strength, concentration and whatever else necessary to succeed, to perform well, and perhaps change the outcome of the game. Lionel Messi’s stunning hat-trick against Ecuador may […]

England’s youth squads have had a pretty good summer. Scrap that. They’ve had a really, really good summer. The U21’s lost in a shootout in the Semi-Finals of the European Championships to eventual winners, Germany. The U20’s won the World Cup in South Korea. The U19’s won the European Championship in Georgia and the U17’s […]