Thought I'd start a football blog, we might keep this going until 2010.....England doing well....did not see the match or even the goals....I'd like Michael owen back in the squad though....and I think Peter Crouch would make a very good substitute...remember against Argentina in Geneva a few years ago....with Michael Owen and some very good movements on and off the ball...they caused havoc.....did see Scotland's missed chance....that could be very costly losing those 2 points !.

rf, could you space the wording out a bit next time.. would make it easier to read, thanks.

Congratulations England, and the England staff...Capello and co...well done..!, now for the difficult bit...that cup we want to win it !...(let's win our group first of course..then we shall see)....The Ukraine match might be a blessing in disguise because in the last 2 games we have not played well so perhaps now the qualifying campaign has come to an end : we can play without reservation because you could sense that when the ball was played down the flanks the wingers or whoever was on that side were looking up to see where to play the ball...there should be no hesitation in an international...you have to go for it...anyway good luck to the Rebublic of Ireland in the draw on monday....no Sweden in the next world cup..surprising that...that's one country that England struggle to beat....we must not forget that the next world cup in South Africa will be played in cool conditions as it is their winter down there...come on England !.

rf.....i think you have a real chance...will be gutted if you do win it so am not going to wish you luck!

i think my faith in football is slowly being eroded away....i see the play offs are going to be seeded...absoultely ridiculous.....set up so the big audinces and tv rights in italy/france etc are won.

the game is now becoming secondary to money.....its yet another sad episode for me

Congratulations on England qualifying .... narrows it down to 23 teams to support in SA.

Last European Championships weren't the same here in Wales not seeing an over hyped over rated England team get knocked out on penalties.

:-)

Dilspoken like a true BritI guess you dont rate England on a World Cup basisand draw comparisons with home teams such as Wales.

England's World Cup Final Tournament Record
Type P W D L F A
Home 6 5 1 0 11 3
Away 3 1 1 1 3 2
Neutral 46 19 15 12 60
All 55 25 17 13 74 47

Wales World Cup record. ..
1930 Did not enter
1934 Did not enter
1938 Did not enter
1950 Did not qualify
1954 Did not qualify
1958 Quarter-finals 7/16
1962 Did not qualify
1966 Did not qualify
1970 Did not qualify
1974 Did not qualify
1978 Did not qualify
1982 Did not qualify
1986 Did not qualify
1990 Did not qualify
1994 Did not qualify
1998 Did not qualify
2002 Did not qualify
2006 Did not qualify
2010 Did not qualify

Total qualified once.did you spot the difference?

Yeah but the difference is tabby we know we are sh*te and don't delude ourselves.

:-)

Cant argue with that.

Dil : there are 32 teams in SA...8 groups of four....23 teams ?....anyway, I think the Republic of Ireland stand a good chance against anybody....first game away might be good for them...

Bloody marvellous , an extra 8 to cheer on :-)

That makes 31...so you're dead against the irish lot then ?

Vote SNP, and Plaid Cwymru (however its spelt) and then you lot can go and **** off to your little corners of GB, and we can continue as one of the worlds leading nations.

The power of envy eh ?

Joe Say .... Scots may want independence but we aren't dull here in Wales . You can keep subsidising us for as long as you want in my book and that goes for the overwhelming majority of us.

rf ... no got nothing against the Irish or the other 30 as long as one of them wins who cares :-)

lol joe...someone steal your morris dancing bells?

dil....i think you will find scotland have been subsidising the UK since the discovery of oil in scottish water.

dont believe me? ...lets look at one of the richest nations in the world per head of capita......Norway...ppoulation fo a few miliion and a a coupld of hundred billion in the bank...all down to what north sea oil......

and i dont think they are subsidised by anyone......remarkably similar dont you think?

but still the english subsidising the scottish is a nice headline for the sun readers

OK my apologies Treb ... thank you Scotland for subsidising us (we're keeping our oil quiet til you lot run out then we may go it alone) :-)

thats better old bean :-0

Vell ?...the Arrish haave drawn the French...tough for both sides....I bet the french aren't happy....the Republic of Ireland have a great chance....just mark Henry out of the game and keep a close eye on Ribery if he plays...I'm glad England don't have to face them (Eire that is). Villa have given Chelski the blues....a very open premiership it seems !.

still digusted that it was seeded...i hope all the seeds get pumped out ...teach the greedy munters at FIFA/UEFA a lesson

The Portugese are lucky...firstly to have pipped the Swedes to the second spot and now they meet Bosnia....Greece and Ukraine might be tight...Russia should go through no problem....but France are going to have a very difficult task with Ireland...If the Irish get a 2-0 lead : that should be good enough...I don't think that away goals count double in this situation !.

Trig.I dont thank Scotland for Oil.or Rangers/Celticor haggis.or kilts.or bagpipes.or Pringleor Rabbie BurnsI dont even thank Scotland for Golfas the Chinese invented it?oooups.but I am eternally grateful for your Glaswegian genius Frankie Boylesome of his views including Rangers/Celtic >

Massive corporate entities leeching the soul out of their deprived communities. The area round Celtic Park is like Blade Runner without the special effects. In 1967 Celtic won the European Cup with a team where all the players were born within 20 miles of the stadium. If you tried to field a team from that area now you wouldnt find 11 people who still had both legs. Both clubs have profited massively from sectarianism. Personally, I think everyone involved over the years has shown that they dont have Northern Irelands best interests at heart and it should now be given to a third party, like Spain. Imagine how little the average Belfast citizen would care for the problems of religion if he could just get a nice bit of tapas on the Falls road. And it wasnt fuc*ing raining all the time. And he still had knees.