In England, the most exciting race to the finish is once again not in the Premier League but one division lower. With the help of Bill’s Sports Maps, we take a visual tour of the Championship.
Paul Gascoigne was detained today under the Mental Health Act. How did England’s superstar get where he is today?
Capello as mob boss, Capello as fascist dictator, Capello as Roman emperor: Brian Phillips looks at how Capello is being portrayed in England, and asks why they’re so keen on tyrannical rule.
The past week has seen the two countries I’ve lived my entire life in, England and the United States, both unveil new national shirts. I’m slightly more pleased with England’s retro look, as to me, the United States continue to fail to build any identity with their kits.
The new England away kit was unveiled today […]
In the second of our historical series looking at previous European Championships ahead of Euro 2008, we now turn to 1964. Last time, we looked at the first tournament held in France, won by the Soviet Union.
1964 European Nations’ Cup Qualifiers
Like four years earlier, the format was vastly different from the extravaganza put […]
To conclude our look at the interaction of the police and football fans this week, here’s a not uncommon sight — an arrest at an England-Scotland game.
Photo credit: colint544 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
England are on the verge of appointing a new manager, which means that it’s a day to have opinions. If Italianness is not a quality you look for in a football coach, this is not the day to keep your thoughts a secret. If you had a dream about David Beckham last […]
Once upon a time, the last thing any country hosting the a major championship wanted was for England to qualify.
At Italia 1990, England were stationed on the island of Sardinia, with suspicions raised that FIFA had fixed the seedings to ensure the “English disease” of hooliganism was quarantined from the Italian mainland. As Mathew Engel […]
In the latest in this week’s photo series on the 2006 World Cup, is this a scene from the old days of English hooliganism abroad, or an aberration? This fan was arrested before England’s match against Sweden in Cologne (remember Joe Cole’s screamer in the 2-2 draw?). 22 England fans were […]
