England World Cup Blog 2010

Joachim Löw talks fashion

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Written by Dave Allan Friday, 02 July 2010 09:25

It's not just this site that has noticed the strange clothes collection of Germany coach Jogi Löw and his sidekick Hans-Dieter Flick.

Cult Australian TV show Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever present a nightly humerous look at events at the World Cup similar in style to Frank Skinner and David Baddiel's Fantasy Football League from the 1990 tournament.

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Odds on that Capello will stay as England coach

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Written by James Beckett Thursday, 01 July 2010 11:58

He may have infuriated you with his stubborn nature, the 4-4-2 might not have been what you wanted to see, but Fabio Capello is still the man to lead England forward.

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Tevez snubs a Maradona snog

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Written by Dave Allan Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:29

As you can tell, with no World Cup matches on today, I've been trawling the internet looking some related content.

Now, I'm all for a bit tactility - if that's a real word - but Maradona has been overdoing the kissing it a bit at this World Cup and one man in particular - Carlos Tevez - is not so keen on all that man love.

Although the short clip below was before the South Korea game, I'm sure I saw Tevez snogging Maradona after scoring his wonder goal against Mexico. Double standards.

Argentina v Germany Betting Preview

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World Cup 2010 Blog Day 23

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Written by Joe Berg Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:22

Good afternoon boys and girls. First of all, let me take this opportunity to apologise for my absence over the past couple of weeks. At the same time, let me assure you that yes I do realise that not one of you noticed I was missing. 

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England v Germany - The Benny Hill Remix

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Written by Dave Allan Tuesday, 29 June 2010 12:03

It's not only Joachim Löw we laugh at on the site we can also find time to laugh at our own misfortune as England fans with this fabulous reconstruction of England's 4-1 defeat to Germany set to the unforgiving tune of the Benny Hill show.

And Benny Hill stuff it was with England being throughly embarrassed and being left the laughing stock of Europe...apart from the French, the Italians, the Danes, the Swiss, the Slovenes, the Greeks and Serbians.

It's the simple things that amuse me....

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Where now for England? Apart from coming home

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Written by James Beckett Monday, 28 June 2010 12:11

If there is an ever article you don't want to write, or read for that matter, this is probably it. But it's time for the analysis of where it went wrong for England in South Africa, and more importantly where do we go from here?

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A new Löw for Jogi - He nose what he's doing!

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Written by Dave Allan Monday, 28 June 2010 11:36

German coach can certainly pick a team. The jury is out on whether he can pick a decent wardrobe but one thing Joachim Löw can do is pick his nose and eat it.

Fair play to him as the match all but over as he fiddled with a troublesome bit of mucus on the bench. It's snot something I would on TV.

World Cup Odds Comparison - What price Germany to beat Argentina?

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Did Capello pick the right players?

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Written by Tom Wakefield Monday, 28 June 2010 00:00

At this year's World Cup, there were some questionable decisions from England Manager Fabio Capello. Over the past four years, the spine of the team has been consisted of Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and John Terry and before the World Cup, it had been a success to progress through the qualifiers.

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What went wrong for England?

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Written by Tom Wakefield Monday, 28 June 2010 00:00

After England’s hopes of winning the World Cup were shattered, supporters across the country are questioning every decision. But the main question that needs answering is, what actually went wrong for England?

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Buy Ghana World Cup shirts - It's not really Melchester Rovers

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Written by Dave Allan Saturday, 26 June 2010 20:47

Well done to Ghana beating the USA in extra time. But is was hardly unexpected given the Ghana World Cup shirts were actually Melchester Rovers shirts.

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Capello bullies Pearce on the England bench

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Written by Dave Allan Saturday, 26 June 2010 13:47

Love this video of Fabio Capello on the bench against Slovenia and all his reactions captured by an Italian TV station. It's even better the way he bullies and keeps shoving Stuart Pearce.

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England World Cup shirts - Choose the best

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Written by Dave Allan Saturday, 26 June 2010 10:03

For me it's the retro 1982 kit, for others of a certain age they want to wear the classic 1990 shirt when England only narrowly lost out to Germany on penalties others are after the new England Away shirt along with those daft red shorts.

Whatever you need you will find the full range on A2B  World Cup thanks to a deal with a leading manufacturer and some nifty behind the scenes work from the developers.

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Why Germany are better at penalties than England - New Theory

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Written by Dave Allan Friday, 25 June 2010 20:42

One overlooked reason why Germany are better than England at penalties goes back to games young people played as children. One variation of our game in the park or street is called 3 Ecken, 1 Elfer! (Three Corners - One Penalty)

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To buy one or not? The Vuvuzela debate

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Written by Dave Allan Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:46

Love them or hate them the vuvuzela will now forever be associated with the 2010 World Cup. During the first few days of the tournament, when the quality of football wasn't the best, it was the vuvuzela that often got more attention the actual football itself. Before the South Africa World Cup, many people didn't know what a vuvuzela was, now they are household word and everyone want to buy one. 
 

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England advance to knockout stages

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Written by Tony Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:53

England reached the next phase of the World Cup after a comfortable victory over Slovenia in Port Elizabeth. The final score was 1-0 to England.

Goal from Jermain Defoe means the Three Lions will face Germany in the next round with the game to be played on Sunday June 27th at 3:00pm GMT.

Everything finally came together for England and a nation can breathe a sigh of relief as they avoided a first round exit for the first time in history. England's odd shortened on the betting exchange Betfair and are now trading as low as 8.6 for victory on June 11th. Check latest odds here

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England starting XI: David James; Glen Johnson, Matthew Upson, John Terry, Ashley Cole; James Milner, Frank Lampard, Gareth Barry, Steven Gerrard; Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe 

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