ENGLAND 1, SWEDEN 0 England’s 43-year wait for victory against Sweden is finally over after their win in an international friendly at Wembley. Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry initially claimed the matchwinner, which was also a milestone goal for England as it was their 2,000th at full international level, but it was later debited as an […]
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Rooney dropped from England squad
Wayne Rooney has been dropped from Fabio Capello’s squad to play in friendly games against Spain and Sweden. England coach Fabio Capello revealed that he had explained that he was looking towards other options in the build-up to the Euro 2012 group games next year as Rooney is currently banned from the opening 3 games […]
Rooney handed three match Euro ban
Wayne Rooney will miss all three of England’s group games at Euro 2012 after he was handed the maximum punishment for his deliberate foul on Miodrag Dzudovic in the final qualifying game against Montenegro. There were rumours of an appeal from the FA but the danger of an additional punishment for a frivolous appeal could make […]
Rooney red card blow for Euro 2012
England coach Fabio Capello insisted that Wayne Rooney’s “silly mistake” that earned him a second half red card in their draw with Montenegro in Podgorica wouldn’t cause any problems for his Euro 2012 plans after they limped over the qualification finishing line last night. Rooney had immediately apologised to Capello following the game but the […]
Bent and Jones start for England
According to the BBC Fabio Capello has selected Phil Jones and Darren Bent in his side to face Montenegro. England line up in a 4-5-1 style formation and Micah Richards will be disappointed not to get the nod at right back as Manchester United defender Jones savours his first cap. Danny Welbeck didn’t get into […]