Gary Neville - The fountain of knowledge

Admit it, when Gary Neville was appointed as a pundit for Sky Sports last year, the thought of his whiney Mancunian voice sent shivers down your spine. As if it wasn’t bad enough that we had to endure the opinions of meat-head Andy Gray being forced upon us, we would now be listening to a bias catfish drivelling on about his love for Manchester United.

How wrong we were.

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Why all the criticism of Tom Cleverley has been over the top

The media, much like fans, are fickle. After England had seen off what could only really be described as a mediocre pub team in Moldova last Friday, the world and his wife was ready to anoint Tom Cleverley as the future of England’s midfield.

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Real positives to be taken from Ukraine draw

On the face of it, after a 1-1 draw at home against Ukraine, England shouldn't have too many positives to take out of the game.

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England’s Under 21s Book Top Seed For Euro 2013

Stuart Pearce and his Under-21 side booked themselves a favourable draw for the Euro2013 playoffs on Friday, despite the lack of starlets such as Oxlade-Chamberlain, Butland, and Kyle Walker, who have all been on full England duty.

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Taking a cap off to Russia's solid start (Video)

On a night where Roy Hodgson's three lions roared to a 5-0 win over Moldova in the opening round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, Hodgson's predecessor also enjoyed a productive victory to kick start Russia's qualifying campaign.

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What happened to English strikers?

Wayne Rooney’s absence from the England squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, may not have meant a lot a few years ago, but now seems to show the lack of strikers coming through in the English game.

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The last time England visited Moldova (Video)

On Friday England visit Moldova to begin their qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Ironically, the last time the Three Lions visited Chisinau was also to begin qualification for a World Cup, this time in September 1996 as they tried to reach France 98. With England finally returning to the Eastern European backwater after 16 years, let's take a look back, with the aid of the video below, at the last time the two countries met.

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English Premier League - the decline in English talent

With England’s recent Euro 2012 exit and equally underwhelming World Cup performance in South Africa burned into the memory of England fans, our focus turns inevitably to reasons to excuse such embarrassment on the world stage by a national team that has not tasted major tournament success since 1966.

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A look ahead to England's WC Qualifiers

After another quarter-final exit at a major tournament, England, under the supervision of Roy Hodgson, begin their 2014 World Cup Qualifying campaign next week.

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BBC- Aaaarrghhh!

I'm not one of those Welsh people who hate England. I can't really. England has given me a home, an education, a load of friends, a job and a wife! I don't have an inclination towards hatred.

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Why Capello is a bad choice for Russia

Having parting ways with Dick Advocaat after the Euros, Russia faced a massive decision over whom to appoint as his successor. Having failed to qualify for the last two World Cups and with the team that impressed so much at Euro 2008 collectively aging, the Russians face a serious challenge in maintaining their fast-slipping status as a top footballing nation.

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It’s time to play the German way

I swear we’ve been here before? England eliminated at the first knock out stage of a major Championship and via penalties? If we are to change this from becoming (I appreciate it already is) a regular occurrence then we need to change the way we run our game, starting from the very bottom.

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FIFA rankings not as ludicrous as they seem

The FIFA world rankings system has come in for an awful lot of stick lately and rightly so for reasons about as numerous as the number of times a Premier League football drops a c-bomb on the pitch.

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The Euros confirm the worst for England

Spain won the European championship on Sunday evening and became the first national team ever to win three major tournaments in a row when they dismantled a tired looking Italian side 4-0.

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Guts and passion are no longer enough for England

The evidence of England's demise as a World Football Superpower was palpably and excruciatingly apparent for all those that had eyes to see as Roy Hodgson's ramshackle outfit toiled miserably on the pitch.

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