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FIFA Extraordinary General Meeting: Don’t Hold Your Breath.

The announcement today that Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting of FIFA in Cape Town two days before the draw for the finals seems to be a classic case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. The rather terse ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sepp Blatter,  Thierry Henry

Jermain Defoe: Good at Scoring Goals, But Good Enough to Start for England?

Spurs beat Wigan 9-1 (not a typo) this weekend with England’s own Jermain Defoe backing five of the goals. A hat-trick and two thirds of way to another hat-trick. My favourite thing about those five is the range it demonstrates in Defoe’s finishing: ...

From ENGLAND WORLD CUP BLOG, Soccer Blogs,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jermain Defoe,  Wayne Rooney,  Emile Heskey

Spurs 9, Wigan 1: Defoe Gets Five

1-0 at half time…9-1 after 90 minutes, with three of Jermain Defoe’s goals coming in seven minutes before the hour mark. I know it’s a while before Mr Capello announces the squad, but that’s exactly the kind of performance I’d want from one of my ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA,  Jermain Defoe

Uruguay Claim 32nd Spot

So there we have it: all 32 qualifiers decided, with the group stage draw to be held in a couple of weeks. We’ll be looking at some of the possible permutations of the draw when the seedings are decided but here’s something to think about: in 1966, ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  19 Nov 2009

Le Main d’Henry

The original headline for this piece was going to be ‘…And Then There Was One’ as in there’s only one place left in the finals: congratulations to Algeria, France, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia, all of whom have qualified before. The winner of Uruguay ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: William Gallas

Greece join Algeria

A first galf goal by Dimitris Salpingidis of Panathinaikos ensures Euro 2004 winners Greece qualify for South Africa – last appearance was in 1994, you may remember (or chose not to) the face Sr. Maradona pulled when he scored his last goal in the ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  18 Nov 2009

Algeria Through

The Desert Foxes (not making this up either) beat Egypt 1-0 with a first half goal from Anthar Yahia of Germany’s VfL Bochum. Last appeared in the finals in Mexico 86, where they drew with Northern Ireland but lost to Spain and Brazil. Good luck to ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: VfL Bochum,  Twitter Inc

A First Look at the World Cup Draw

Good piece by Henry Winter in todays Telegraph, about how dangerous a First Round Draw England could get despite the fact that we will almost certainly be seeded (won’t be officially announced untill all the teams are through and FIFA has worked out ...

From ENGLAND WORLD CUP BLOG, Soccer Blogs,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA

Egypt v Algeria: Winner Stays On

As a result of their dramatic 2-0 win on Saturday (the crucial second goal was scored in injury time), Egypt will meet Algeria for a third time on Wednesday in Sudan: whoever wins goes to South Africa. To describe this game as ‘a local rivalry’ is an ...

From 11 LIONS - ENGLAND FOOTY, Soccer Blogs,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA

Brazil 1-0 England

Well all in all it wasn’t a bad result. Though I watched the game alone I had a little liveblogging adventure with Daryl and various commenters. If you missed the game I’ll give you a link to some highlights, and my pity (it was a good game). It was ...

From ENGLAND WORLD CUP BLOG, Soccer Blogs,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: James Milner

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