All posts tagged "English national team"

  • Wayne Rooney’s England generation defined by records

    Well, that’s over then. The English national team can carry on. After sealing qualification for Euro 2016 earlier in the summer, the entirety of the English national team setup could focus two international matches with the primary...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • Carrick quietly pulling the strings for England

    On a night made memorable by Harry Kane’s goal-scoring, headline-grabbing debut, no player subtlety imposed his will on the match better than Michael Carrick. Kane gets the plaudits for the goals and their glamour. Look up Kane’s...

    • Posted March 27, 2015
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  • Don’t rush Harry Kane into the English team

    What has England ever achieved by rushing their young starlets into their national team? Michael Owen promised as a teenager at the 1998 World Cup squad and cemented himself as England’s future star. Yet even for Owen...

    • Posted March 21, 2015
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  • Sturridge defends decision to put country ahead of club

    Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge was defiant in defending his decision to play the full 90 minutes in England’s friendly against Germany just four days before the Merseyside derby despite carrying a thigh injury. Although the patriotic decision...

    • Posted November 25, 2013
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