Belarus 1-3 England
Wayne Rooney scored twice as England took a giant stride towards World Cup qualification by beating Belarus to make it maximum points from four games.
Steven Gerrard gave England the lead from 30 yards after 11 minutes, but Pavel Sitko headed a deserved leveller for Belarus before the break.
Rooney turned in a cross from [...]
England 5-1 Kazakhstan
England made it three wins out of three in their World Cup qualifying campaign with a fine second-half display against Kazakhstan.
After a poor first half Rio Ferdinand, captain in the absence of the injured John Terry, nodded in a corner, before Alexandr Kuchma headed into his own net.
Zhambyl Kukeyev fired one back after [...]
Croatia 1-4 England
Theo Walcott hit a stunning hat-trick as England thrashed Croatia in a World Cup qualifying tie in Zagreb.
The 19-year-old got the nod to start ahead of David Beckham and he drilled England ahead, before Robert Kovac was sent off for an elbow on Joe Cole.
Walcott grabbed a carbon-copy second and soon after the [...]
England 2-3 Croatia
England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing a sensational game against Croatia at Wembley.
England went 2-0 down when Scott Carson, in for Paul Robinson, fumbled Nico Kranjcar’s shot into the net and then Ivica Olic slipped in a second.
Frank Lampard pulled one back from the spot after Jermain Defoe was fouled, [...]
Scotland 1-2 Italy
Italy ended Scotland’s Euro 2008 dream and ensured their own qualification for next summer’s finals thanks to a Christian Panucci stoppage-time goal.
Luca Toni had stunned the Scots by stabbing the ball home from five yards with less than two minutes gone.
Andrea Pirlo cleared a David Weir header off the Italian line.
But Ferguson [...]
Israel 2 – 1 Russia
England earned a Euro 2008 qualifying reprieve with their fate again in their own hands after Group E rivals Russia dramatically lost 2-1 in Israel.
England are now two points ahead of Russia and need a draw against Croatia in their final qualifier on Wednesday to secure a Euro 2008 place.
Israel took the lead through [...]
Austria 0-1 England
Peter Crouch’s headed goal was enough to give England victory over Austria in Vienna but their win was marred by an injury to striker Michael Owen.
Owen limped off in the first half after suffering a thigh strain and will miss next Wednesday’s potentially crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia.
Crouch grabbed his goal on [...]
Russia 2-1 England
England’s hopes of reaching Euro 2008 hang by a thread after Russia came from behind to win in Moscow.
Steve McClaren’s side looked on course to qualify courtesy of Wayne Rooney’s spectacular 29th-minute volley.
Steven Gerrard missed a glorious chance before Roman Pavluchenko scored from the spot after 69 minutes following Rooney’s foul on Konstanin [...]
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