To Anfield, where football was not the most important thing on the agenda for once. Paying respect to those who sadly lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster, 20 years ago this Wednesday, was at the forefront of everyone’s mind. A minute‘s silence, impeccably observed. What followed was fitting; a comprehensive feast of flowing football [...]

I don’t think Capello could make it any clearer what he thinks about Michael Owen and Engalnd right now. Having not picked him in the recent squad, he also decided not to call him up when Heskey and Cole got injured. Who did he call up instead? Bent. Who got injured today in training. His [...]

The England squad has just been announced for next weeks’ friendly against Slovakia and then qualifier against Ukraine the following Wednesday. It is as follows;

Goalkeepers: Foster (Man Utd), Green (West Ham), James (Portsmouth);

Defenders: Baines (Everton), A Cole (Chelsea) Ferdinand (Man Utd), Jagielka (Everton), Johnson (Portsmouth), King (Tottenham), Lescott (Everton), Terry (Chelsea), Upson (West Ham);

Midfielders: [...]