Sick of hearing about England’s failure to reach Euro 2008 yet? Well the players involved probably are too. The likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Sol Campbell and Scott Carson were all booed by disgruntled England fans this weekend when they turned out for their club sides in the Premiership. Even better, the News of [...]

The last round of Euro 2008 qualifiers got done last night (not counting the rescheduled Serbia vs Kazakhstan game, because neither can qualify) and the big news is that England won’t be attending the festivities next summer, despite Israel handing them a golden ticket on Saturday. So Austrian and Swiss bars won’t make quite as [...]

Steve McClaren’s not a complete idiot you know. After managing England to a 3-2 home defeat to Croatia, neither he nor any of the Three Lions will be going to Euro 2008 next summer. But rather than falling on his sword after failing to qualify from what should have been a pretty easy group he [...]

There’s been plenty of muttering about teams deliberately losing in today’s final round of Euro 2008 qualifiers. It’s been suggested that a team like Joachim Low’s Germany, currently second in Group D, would be at a disadvantage if they beat Wales tonight and top the group (assuming the Czechs don’t beat Cyprus.) Why would anyone [...]

After a busy weekend of Euro 2008 qualifiers, a few more teams can start comparing hotel reviews in Austria and Switzerland. And despite several scares along the way, it looks like most of the big boys will make it. It’s always good when the little guys get to a tournament (and I’ve still got fingers [...]