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Wednesday 12th September 2007
England vs. Malta
Wembley, London

The tiny island nation and former British colony are underdogs for this match. The odds are England 1-14, Malta 20-1 and a draw 11-2.

England
GK Chris Kirkland
DR Glen Johnson
DL James McEveley
DC John Terry
DC Rio Ferdinard (c)
MR Jermaine Pennant
ML Matt Jansen
MC Owen Hargreaves
MC Kieron Dyer
FC Shola Ameobi
FC Michael Owen
Subs
Richard Wright
Wanye Rooney
Mick Wright
Steven Gerrard
David Thompson
Michael Chopra
Michael Dawson

Malta
GK Mario Muscat
DR Ian Ciantar (c)
DL Etienne Barbara
DC Luke Dimech
DC Christopher Chinedu Okah
MR Miguel Mifsud
ML Carlo Mamo
MC Stefan Giglio
MC Antoine Zahra
FC Daniel Bogdanavic
FC Michael Galea
Subs
Saviour Darmanin
Robert Grech
Roderick Schembri (Kiel)
Chucks Nwoko
Roderick Schembri (Jerez)
Willie Camenzuli
Adrian Ciantar

England ran Malta ragged. The Maltese didn't even get a shot or an attack.
Dyer throughout this match kept on scoring. He did 9 shot, 5 of them on target.
Dyer's efforts were rewarded on the 34th minute. England got a throw in which Johnson took. He gave the ball to Ameobi. Ameobi flicked the ball to Pennant who crossed it into the ball and Dyer scored a vollery.
Owen also played well today. He scored 2 goals. The first came on the 40th minute Giglio took out Ameobi's legs. 3 Maltese players got yellow cards. Owen took the penalty and put the ball in the top right hand side of the net.
The second of Owen's goal came two minutes later. Hargreaves did a long ball which Ameobi he crossed into the area. Dyer kicked the ball but it bounded off the keeper and then he crossed it over and Owen ran scored his 30th goal for England.
Owen could have had a hattrick on the 45th minute but was disallowed because Ameobi was offside.
In the second half things went from bad to worst for Malta when on the 54th minute Bogdanovic was sent off when he argued with the ref and got a second yellow card.
Terry was taken off on 83th minute with an ankle injury and England were left with 10 men because Freemantle used up his substitions. However this didn't stop England scoring when during a corner Thompson crossed the ball and Ferdinard headed it in.

Dyer got man of the match and Owen, Ameobi, Ferdinard and Hargreaves were strong perforners as well. The whole England team played well.

Kirkland 7, Johnson 7, McEveley 7, Terry 7 injuried on 83th minute, Ferdinard 8, Pennant 7 (Thompson on 58th min 7) Jansen 7, Hargreaves 8 (Gerrard on 72th min 7), Dyer 10 mom, Amoebi 9, Owen 9 (Chopra on 72th min 7)

England 4
Dyer 34
Owen pen 40, 42
Ferdinard 89
Terry inj. 84
Malta 0
Bogdanovic sent off 54

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Thursday 4th October 2007

Freemantle has to prepare for one more match and that's against Bosina. England have pretty much qualifying and it gives Freemantle a change to experiment a little.

Goalkeepers
David James 16 Caps, Age 37, Sunderland
Chris Kirkwood 28 Caps, Age 26, Man Utd
Richard Wright 14 Caps, Age 29, Everton

Defencers
Darren Kenton 6 Caps, Age 29, Southampton
Glen Johnson 11 Caps, Age 23, Man Utd
Mick Wright 3 U21 Caps, Age 19, Leicester
Michael Ball 1 Cap, Age 28, Lazio
Gareth Barry 29 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 26, Man Utd
James McEveley 13 Caps,
Sol Campbell 74 Caps,2 Goals, Age 33, Arsenal
Rio Ferdinard 69 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 28, Man Utd
John Terry 11 Caps, Age 26, Chelsea

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard 48 Caps, 6 Goals, Age 27, Liverpool
Owen Hargreaves 44 Caps, 3 Goals, Age 26, Man Utd
David Beckham 91 Caps, 17 Goals, Age 32, Man Utd
Paulo Vernazza 0 Caps, Age 27, Wolves
Kieron Dyer 38 Caps, 4 Goals, Age 28, Arsenal
Jermaine Pennant 12 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 24, Arsenal
David Thompson 12 Caps, 4 Goals, Age 30, Blackburn
Lionel Morgan 0 Caps, Age 24, Alaves (Esp)
Kieran Richardson 25 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 22, Man Utd

Attackers
Matt Jansen 13 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 29, Blackburn
Wayne Rooney 40 Caps, 23 Goals, Age 21, Man Utd
Shola Ameobi 22 Caps, 12 Goals, Age 25, Newcastle
Charlton Cole Capped at U21 level, Age 23, Leverkusen (Ger)
Michael Owen 70 Caps, 30 Goals, Age 27, Liverpool

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Pennant out for a Week

The Arsenal winger recieved a groin strain in training on Thursday.
His replacement in the squad is Everton's Bryan Hughes.

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Saturday 13th October 2007
England vs. Bosnia
Wembley, London

England are again favourites with odds of 1-6, Bosnia have 10-1 and a draw was 5-1.
The previous meeting of the team ended with a 3-nil victory of England which was a good game for Beckham.

England
GK Richard Wright
DR Darren Kenton
DL Michael Ball
DC John Terry
DC Rio Ferdinard (c)
MR David Beckham
ML Kieran Richardson
MC Owen Hargreaves
MC Kieron Dyer
FC Charlton Cole
FC Matt Jansen
Subs
Chris Kirkland
Wayne Rooney
Mick Wright
Paulo Vernazzo
David Thompson
Shola Ameobi
James McEveley

Bosnia
GK Kenan Hasagic
DC Mirsad Hibic
DC Adnan Muminovic
DC Munever Rizvic
DMR Alen Orman
DML Dzemal Berbervic
MC Igor Musa
MC Asmir Ikanovic
MC Mirnel Sadovic
FC Marko Topic
FC Sergej Barbarez (c)
Subs
Almir Tolja
Mirzet Krupinac
Sasa Vukicevic
Elvir Baljic
Zlatan Muslimovic
Omer Joldic
Adnan Maksimovic

Bosnia may as well not have bothered showing up and just give England the 3 points. But Bosnia did need the points to try and get a playoff place.
Bosnia only got one shot and that was a freekick which Wright easily saved.
The first England goal was on 14th minute. Hargreaves tried to give the ball to Cole but the had to header it forward to Beckham. Becks crossed it to Cole who scored a very powerful shot and had a good start for England debut.
Cole got a second on the 23th minute. Beckham was given the ball by Kenton. Beckham ran into the box and took a shot from angle and the goalkeeper pushed it away. Luckily Cole was there to poached a goal.
On the 35th minute their was another England goal. Hasagic kicked the ball out but Dyer headed it forward to Cole and he scored another goal and got a hatrick on his debut.
Dyer got another assit on the 42th minute when he gave the ball to Hargreaves who was in box at the corner. He scored an fantasic goal that the goalkeeper was helpless to stop.
The final England goal came on the 43th minute when Kenton longballed the ball to Jansen who headed it to Richardson. Richardson controled it and went into the box and scored a goal when his was one-on-one with the Bosnian keeper.

This was a great game for England. Cole had the perfect debut and birthday present and deserved to win man of the match.
No player got below a 7 but the only more noticable players were Richardson, Hargreaves, Beckham and Kenton.

Wright 7, Kenton 8, Ball 7, Terry 7 (Wright on 74th min 7), Ferdinard 7, Beckham 8, Richardson 9 (Rooney on 74th min 7), Hargreaves 8 (Vernazzo on 63th min 7), Dyer 7, Cole 10 mom, Jansen 7

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European Championship Draw

Group A
Austria
Belarus
Bulgraia
Ukraine

Predition: Austria and Ukraine


Group B
France
Romania
Sweden
Switzerland

Predition: France and Sweden


Group C
Czech Republic
England
Greece
Holland

Prediction: England and Holland. This is the group of death.


Group D
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France

Predition: Denmark and France

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FIFA Rankings 2008
1st Brazil pts. 1235
2nd France pts. 1122
3rd England pts. 1080
4th Nigeria pts. 937
5th Greece pts. 910

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Thursday 20th March 2008

England are now preparing for a friendly against Iran. Glen Johnson is out for 2 weeks and Chris Kirkland was withdrawn for poor form

Goalkeepers
David James 16 Caps, Age 37, Sunderland
Stuart Taylor 1 Cap, Age 27, Sunderland
Richard Wright 15 Caps, Age 30, Everton

Defencers
John Curtis 0 Caps, Age 29, Leicester
Darren Kenton 7 Caps, Age 29, Southampton
Mick Wright 1 Cap, Age 19, Leicester
Michael Ball 2 Caps, Age 28, Lazio
Gareth Barry 29 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 27, Man Utd
James McEveley 13 Caps, Age 23, Man Utd
Sol Campbell 74 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 33, Arsenal
Rio Ferdinard 70 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 29, Man Utd
John Terry 12 Caps, Age 27, Chelsea

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard 48 Caps, 6 Goals, Age 28, Liverpool
Owen Hargreaves 45 Caps, 4 Goals, Age 25, Man Utd
Kevin Nolan Capped at U21 level, Age 25, Sunderland
David Beckham 92 Caps, 17 Goals, Age 32, Man Utd
Michael Tonge Capped at U21 level, Age 25, Man City
Kieron Dyer 39 Caps, 4 Goals, Age 29, Arsenal
Jermaine Pennant 12 Caps, Age 25, Arsenal
David Thompson 12 Caps, 4 Goals, Age 30, Blackburn
Lionel Morgan 0 Caps, Age 25, Alaves

Forwards
Tommy Smith 0 Caps, Age 27, Sunderland
Matt Jansen 14 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 30, Blackburn
Wayne Rooney 41 Caps, 23 Goals, Age 22, Man Utd
Shola Ameobi 22 Caps, 12 Goals, Age 26, Newcastle
Charlton Cole 1 Cap, Age 24, Leverkusen

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Pennant Out!

Jermaine Pennant was injuried during training on the 23/3/08. Freemantle has replaced him with Newcastle's Jermaine Jenas.

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Saturday 29th March 2008
England vs. Iran
Wembley, London

This match is a friendly to let Freemantle try out some players to see if they can make it in the England squad.

England
GK Richard Wright
DR Darren Kenton
DL Gareth Barry
DC Sol Campbell
DC Rio Ferdinard (c)
MR David Beckham
ML Lionel Morgan
MC Kevin Nolan
MC David Thompson
FC Charlton Cole
FC Tommy Smith
Subs
Stuart Taylor
Matt Jansen
Mick Wright
Jermaine Jenas
Kieron Dyer
Shola Ameobi
James McEveley
Owen Hargreaves
Michael Tonge
Wanye Rooney
Michael Ball
David James

Iran
GK Ali Rahimi Maghadan
SWC Jalal Kameli-Fard
DC Rasoul Mir-Taraghi
DC Mehrdad Minavand
DMR Ali Reza Emamifar
DML Ali Samereh
MC Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)
MC Javad Baghmisheh
MC Afshin Karimi
FC Ebrahim Nazari
FC Vahid Hashemian
Subs
Hassan Roodbarian
Mehdi Amirabadi
Rasoul Khatibi
Siavash Akbarpour
Mohammad Rezo Enayati
Abbas Jabbari
Darioush Nazari
Ali Nazari
Mohsen Bayati-nia
Mehdi Moradi
Ali Bedowi
Iman Mab'ali

This was an easy match England, so easy that Iran ma as well not bother showing up.
England got their first goal on the 10th minute when Nolan was tripped. Beckham scored a lovely freekick and got it in the right corner of the goal.
England got a second goal on the 20th minute. Thompson who was in the centre of the field passed the ball up to Beckham. He took a shot from 25-yard-old and scored his second goal.
England got the thrid on the 36th minute. Beckham got the loose ball and gave the ball to Nolan. Nolan took the shot from 30th yards and scored a great debut good.
The final goal came on the 50th minute when Jenas crossed the ball to Rooney who scored from a good little header.

Wright 6 (James on 45 min 7), Kenton 8, Barry 7 (McEveley on 61th min 7), Campbell 7, Ferdinard (Ball on 72th 7), Beckham 9 mom, (Jenas on 45th min 7), Morgan 8 (Tonge on 72th min 6), Nolan 8 (Hargreaves on 61th min 7), Thompson 7 (Dyer on 45 min 7), Cole 7 (Ameobi on 61th min 7), Smith 7 (Rooney on 45th min 7)

England 4
Beckham 10, 20
Nolan 36
Rooney 50
Iran 0

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SkyBet Odds
1st France 2-1
1st Italy 2-1
3rd England 5-1
3rd Holland 5-1
5th Czech Republic 16-1
5th Sweden 16-1