West Brom keeper Scott Carson has been released from the England squad to face Bulgaria in the Euro 2012 qualifier on Friday because of a family bereavement, and Manager Fabio Capello has called up Watford’s Scott Loach from the Under-21 squad as a replacement. Manchester City’s Joe Hart is Capello’s first-choice goalkeeper, but beyond him and Foster the goalkeeping options are fairly limited, with Paul Robinson having retired from the international stage, former first...
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England return to competitive football this weekend as they take on Bulgaria at Wembley in the opening game of the European Championship Qualifiers, before travelling to Basel to play Switzerland next Tuesday. Capello has named a 24 man squad for the fixtures, with five forwards included in the squad, with Tottenham Hotspur’s Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe both returning to the fold. Wayne Rooney scored his first goal of the season on Saturday and...
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If reports in some Sunday papers are to be believed, then it appears that Paul Lambert is looking to add further strength to his defence in the form of Dedryck Boyata. The reports are suggesting that Paul Lambert is looking to bring the promising Manchester City defender to Carrow Road on a season long loan. The Belgian defender scored his first goal for Roberto Mancini’s side in their Europa League defeat of Romanian outfit...
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England manager Fabio Capello appears to have backtracked in his plans to retire former captain David Beckham from international football. Capello had said he would pick the 35 year old for one more game at Wembley so he could say “goodbye” to the fans. But the England boss has now refused to rule out the LA Galaxy midfielder for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. Capello has been criticised for effectively announcing Beckham’s international career...
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Paul Lambert’s side continued their fine start to the new Championship season with a draw away at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest, but the City Boss will no doubt view the final outcome as two points lost as opposed to one point gained. There were no arguments from either manager over City’s claims that they should have won, with the Forest Boss agreeing that City should have been returning to Norfolk with all...
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The EEQ Prediction League Competition for 2010-11 is now up and running. You need to predict the score on England’s European Qualifiers for the forthcoming competition. Points will be awarded as follows: 5 points for correct home score 5 points for correct away score 5 points for the correct result 5 points for the correct overall score Participants can enter their predictions on a weekly basis, a monthly basis or even in one go...
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