Same Ol' England

Another tournament, another heartbreaking exit. England's finest were sent packing by a decent Italy side. The fact is that the current Italy team are no world beaters. But on Sunday night it was men verses boys.

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How England And United Need Overhauls This Summer

So England once again enter a European tournament with an ageing team, carrying out of form players, more in hope than skill. Recognize this?

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Quarter Finals May Be The Best England Can Get

So England surprise surprise, have exited yet another major tournament on penalties. Where have we heard that before?

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Five Steps England Must Take Towards A Brighter Future

England’s exit from Euro 2012 at the all too familiar quarter final stage posed an intriguing question. What must change for the national side to compete at major tournaments?

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Three Lion's luck has changed

A 1-0 victory for England over co-hosts Ukraine saw them qualify for the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 as group winners.

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England's Dilemma and a surprise Russian exit

A well known football pundit said you can't win a football tournament in the first game but you can certainly lose it.

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Young shouldn't be dropped for the Ukraine game

Ashley Young, remember him? He was England’s best player for the last year and a half leading into Euro 2012. So why there are calls from fans for the winger to be dumped from England’s starting line-up against Ukraine because he played poorly against Sweden.

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What is the biggest rivalry in international football?

The limited number of teams in the European Championships (for now) not only guarantees some quality but it also means that teams with a lot of history, and ergo rivalry, meet up quite often.

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Kenny Dalglish talks England – and an Everton fan agrees!

A lifelong Evertonian agreeing with anything Kenny Dalglish has to say is not something that you hear very often, however an exception will have to be made after reading the Scot’s thoughts on England’s Euro 2012 chances.

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Welbeck key for England

Co-hosts Poland took on Greece in the first game of Euro 2012, which showed a lot of heart, drama and bookings on the field of play, leaving the game 1-1 after 90 minutes. It also signalled the beginning of a tournament where all the best players in Europe will be on show.

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An optimistic look at England's chances at the Euros

It's that biennial time of the football calendar for fans across the land to once again put their club allegiances aside, come together as one and rejoice in expecting as little as possible of England's chances of glory at a major tournament.

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Ukraine set to miss out on stumbling wall of Euros

One of the most impressive things about British football fan culture is the sheer strength of numbers it possesses when it goes travelling. From League 2 away days to the bi-annual major international tournaments, the turnout of away fans at these events is, more often than not, deeply impressive and causes slight confusion over the mental well being for so many people to spend so much time and money on football.

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Lescott May Be Playing For His Job This Summer

There’s no doubt about it, Joleon Lescott deserves his England call-up this summer for Euro 2012.

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Gary Neville busts out more gems from his big bag of sense

It’s amazing what a change of career can do to the public perception of oneself. Look at Katie Price; as Jordan she was looked down upon for her boring publicity game of getting her assets out and various celebrity flings. But now, as Katie Price, she is known for her boring publicity game of various non-celebrity marriages and being a novelist. Bad example perhaps…

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Lampard remains as valuable to England as ever

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (who was kind of a 19^th century, German version of Sun Tzu) once observed, in a nutshell, that no plan survives contact with the enemy. As football is merely war played out without the killing, this quote is more than apt for this situation.

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