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Tonight, Robin van Persie became Holland’s top scorer after finding the back of the net twice in the first half against Hungary. With 40 goals, the Manchester United striker had scored as many times as Patrick Kluivert has for the Dutch national team. In August 2012, Kluivert joined the Netherlands national team coaching staff and […]
VIDEO: England manager and Liverpool captain in press conference
Roy Hodgson may have been slightly concerned to see Jack Wilshere making the headlines over the last few days as the Arsenal midfielder made his views crystal clear about potential foreign born players pulling on the England shirt, but whilst all this was going on and filling up the column inches it has allowed Hodgson […]
VIDEO: Manchester City keeper’s keepy-uppys in England training
“If you’ve lived in England for five years, for me, it doesn’t make you English. You shouldn’t play. It doesn’t mean you can play for that country. If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I’m not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England really.” […]
VIDEO: Manchester United striker supports children charity
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Brazil 2014. As World Cups go, it’s probably the one you don’t want to miss – either as a supporter or a player. The tournament is being billed as a “festival of football”, full of “colour” and set with the backdrop of a “carnival atmosphere”. One suspects that these are just some of the clichĂ©s […]
FATV captures all the action in the Wembley tunnel before, during and after England’s 4-0 win over Moldova in the World Cup qualifier. Watch out for a cameo from David Beckham.
England head in to their crucial 2014 World Cup Qualifying matches against Moldova and Ukraine in September, buoyed by the fact that they have a squad containing strikers that have been in good form so far in the 2013-14 Barclays Premier League season. The Three Lions have named five recognised strikers in their squad, with […]
Bang! Egypt ruin England’s footballing summer as the U20s, like the U21s, go home at the group stage of an international tournament without managing to win a game. It’s a damning, bleak story say the press with England looking no closer to progress at any level. You can’t argue with it. Or can you? The […]
After a goalless 120 minutes which Italy had dominated in the Confederations Cup semi-final, Spain won the penalty shoot out 7-6, with some excellent spot kicks from both countries.
England have crashed out of another tournament and chastised in the press for doing so but what expectations were they supposed to exceed? In any age group, other than the media pressure, does anyone actually envisage an England team succeeding at a tournament? The manager Stuart Pearce has been sacked and the reasoning behind it […]
Who would have thought it? In a matter of a few days, the Haitian national football team has come away from two formidable friendlies against Spain and Italy with a narrow loss, historic draw and three goals. And the most sturring thing of all is: despite the bookies were favouring their oppoents, they deserved it. […]
There was plenty of frustration from England fans after the U-21s were comfortably beaten by Norway in the UEFA Under-21 European Championship at the weekend. A lot of the anger was directed at Stuart Pearce, the manager, who often gives the impression of someone who doesn’t have a clue. In 2007, when Pearce first got […]
Pompous, arrogant, so full of self confidence it borders on delusions of grandeur. Sorry, I’m waffling but that is what came to mind when I was deciding who is the typical French footballer. I mean they’ve had their fair share of these egotistical, overrated and more often than not, offensive to look at footballers. So, […]
With England done and dusted, I thought the next best stop off point in our global tour would be to go to the most successful country in world football, Brazil. There’s no one quite like Ronaldinho to be the epitome of a Brazilian footballer. Yes, granted he’s probably outrageously better than most but the fundamentals […]
Some players just aren’t made for the English game, some of us aren’t as efficient as Germans at taking penalties, even fewer are capable of playing “tiki taka” football like the Spanish, but we all wish we grew up on a Brazilian beach and could dance through challenges. These are the stereotypes in football, I’m […]
Luis Suárez could face disciplinary action from FIFA after appearing to hit Gonzalo Jara last night.