Money’s too tight to mention at Everton, but fortunately David Moyes is not one to shirk a challenge. Tasked with offloading an expensive flop in the disgruntled and unsettled Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Moyes turned a negative in to a positive by returning the £9m winger to his native Russia and hitting the sales. With the proceeds, Moyes acquired former favourites Landon Donovan and Steven Pienaar on loan, as well as some new faces in Darr...More

Fabio Capello will be confident that England can qualify from a group that presents neither genuinely dangerous opposition nor a handful of comfortable walkovers. Switzerland and Bulgaria most notably should represent difficult engagements on their own territory. The former recovered from a shock loss to Luxembourg to edge out Greece and qualify automatically for the World Cup in South Africa, while the latter drew twice with the R...More

Fabio Capello was brought in to Coach the national side with one clear initial aim - to put the country’s disappointment of missing out on the European Championships behind us and ensure qualification for next year’s World Cup Finals in South Africa. Wednesday night’s performance shows us that he has more than achieved his objective, but the work doesn't end there. England’s performance could not have shown a greater contrast with...More

England qualified for next summer’s World Cup with a devastating demolition of rivals Croatia on a near perfect night at Wembley. All the talk beforehand was of revenge after defeat two years ago against the Croats cost England a place at the European Championships. However, on a night where the Three Lions showed just how far they have come from that dark night at Wembley in November 2007, there never looked likely to be a repeat of su...More

Much has been made regarding the decisive nature of the match between England and Croatia at Wembley. It may be decisive in the fact that England can secure qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the three points but even if the three lions suffer defeat they will still be in a strong position for qualification. Fabio Capello will be instilling the confidence in his side of the seven wins from seven already gained in qualificati...More

It was a night that started so dismally, but England fans leaving the lights of Amsterdam were in buoyant mood as the Three Lions battled back from two goals down to earn a creditable draw with European giants Holland. It will be a game remembered for Jermaine Defoe’s announcement that he is indeed a contender for a berth in South Africa while England showed a huge amount of sloppiness that will have to be eradicated if they have any ch...More