Macedonia 0 England 1

I missed the game, just as I said I would. My Thursday evening football came courtesy of a little portable Roberts Radio, bringing me ten minutes of ecstatic mayhem from Belfast whilst I waited for my train on platform 9 at Wimbledon. From the other side of the station, a single voice intoned “Engerland, Englerland,…

Macedonia v England

This will be brief, as I’m struggling to wake my interest in an England team sans Beckham, sans Owen, sans Rooney. (Sans Ashton, too, most regrettably). A few more details of changes within the camp are beginning to sneak their way out. Apparently players are now allowed minibars in their hotel rooms: captain John Terry…

England 5 Andorra 0

Frankly, with a game of this kind, all you need to know is the final score. It was every bit as one-sided as it sounds. Andorra looked in truly shocking shape – morning hair, pub football legs, a kit hurriedly supplied by JJB Sports after they’d left their own in Portugal. After the first goal,…