England World Cup Blog 2010

Get Bent!

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Written by Kris Mole Wednesday, 10 March 2010 20:43

 The debate over who should partner Wayne Rooney up front this summer is as vocal as ever recently, with question marks being put above the names of Defoe, Crouch, Cole, and even Heskey. But for some reason unknown to me, one player is being overlooked, despite being the 2nd highest scoring Englishman (behind Rooney) in the Premiership this season.

In fact, in a comment on here a couple of days ago I put the suggestion out there, but had no response. 

So I'll try again. 

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England? The semi-finals would be a great achievement

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Written by JR Wednesday, 10 March 2010 18:50

We have a guest post from Wrighty7 this evening. Wrighty7 has been blogging about all things Arsenal for a good few years now and has built up a large following. His articles attract comments from far and wide and he is well respected  by Arsenal fans (as well as other clubs' fans I dare say!). You can visit his blog here.

Wrighty7 is also a keen England fan, here are his thoughts on England's chances at the upcoming World Cup Finals.

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My first England memories

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Written by Matt Pitt Tuesday, 09 March 2010 11:42

My first memories of the England football team come from the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the tournament that Bobby Robson's boys reached the semi-finals before being ousted by Ze Germans.

To be honest, I don't actually remember too much about the group stages which is hardly surprising as they were pretty uneventful. I also remember David Platt, not

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International footballer dies on pitch

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Written by Kris Mole Tuesday, 09 March 2010 10:32

 Nigerian striker Endurance Idahor tragically died on the pitch on Saturday whilst playing for his team Al-Merreikh in the Sudanese league. 

Idahor collapsed on the pitch in the 13th minute of the match against Al-Amal after being hit by an elbow. 

The medics came on to the pitch, and after the seriousness of the situation was realised, the referee stopped the match.

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World Cup shirts

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Written by Kris Mole Monday, 08 March 2010 18:09

 For me, there have always been a few defining moments in the build-up to each and every world cup that act to get the juices well and truly flowing.

These moments include the day the newspapers print the competition pull-out, the day the BBC broadcast their preview, the day the players fly out to their pre-tournament base, and the day the special edition magazines hit the shelves, to name a few.

The other big moment for me comes the first time I see all the kits that'll be warn at the competition. 

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Geoff Hurst, are you having a laugh?

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Written by Kris Mole Monday, 08 March 2010 11:55

England World Cup winning legend, Sir Geoff Hurst, offered some advice to England manager Capello at the weekend: Partner Rooney with Peter Crouch at the World Cup.

Now, even as a Spurs fan I think this is an awful idea. Crouch, despite his goalscoring record for the national team, just isn't international class. In fact, he's not really good enough to be in the Spurs starting XI.

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South Africa - you'll get killed there

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Written by Kris Mole Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:23

I just finished watching this Panorama episode on the BBC called More Than Just a Game, in which reporter Dan McDougall goes to the heart of some of South Africa's slums to see how if its possible that hosting the World Cup this summer might change the lives positively for the poverty-stricken locals.

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Attempted fantasy John Terry Interview - Part 2

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Written by Jason Dowd Saturday, 06 March 2010 12:53

Attempted John Terry Interview Part 1

I nervously confront JT about what I have already discussed with his press officer. I explain to him that I was hoping for a genuine interview but the anodyne range of questions I am restricted to just seem to be a standard preamble for the usual tedious puff pieces about football stars that clog up newspapers and fail to engage anyone other than maybe someone in a catatonic state with an addiction to reading series of similar words. 

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All Around the World - Roger Campo Interview

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Written by Dave Allan Friday, 05 March 2010 22:02

It's interesting that the majority of World Cup songs are for specific nations but there are few which celebrate one of the most important parts of the World Cup - thirty-two nations coming together in peace and harmony.

But we've found one! And a great song it is too, it is called Soccer 2010 - All Around the World by Roger Campo.

We've luckily been able to get hold of the singer/songwriter Roger Campo for a quick interview.

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Attempted fantasy John Terry Interview - Part 1

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Written by Jason Dowd Friday, 05 March 2010 15:53

John Terry swaggers into the room still wearing his Nike Mercurial Vapour III football boots and scratching his predator X alpha male testicles.

He has come straight from an intense three hour training session at Cobham and his forehead is still mottled with droplets of fresh sweat. His swift aggressive darting movements towards the table show he is still running on training ground adrenaline.

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