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England
GK Richard Wright
DR Danny Mills
DL Wanye Bridge
DC Sol Campbell
DC Michael Dawson
MR David Beckham
ML Matt Jansen
MC Steven Gerrard
MC Kieron Dyer
FC Shola Ameobi
FC Alan Smith
Subs
Carlo Nash
James Beattie
John Terry
Owen Hargreaves
David Thompson
Kevin Davies
Gareth Barry

This was another match England should have won and Freemantle was lefted fuming.
England had many changes to score but the ball went over the bar or saved by Gallacher.
England losed Dawson on the 34th minute through injury and Terry was subbed on. England will also lose Mills in the next match because he suspened through 2 yellow cards (sorry if I worded this badly).

Scotland 0
England 0

Wright 6, Mills 7, Bridge 7, Campbell 7, Dawson 6 (Terry on 34min 7), Beckham 7, Jansen 6 (Hargreaves on 67min 7), Gerrard 7, Dyer 8, Ameobi 7 (Beattie on 75min 7), Smith 7

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Thursday 1st September 2005

Freemantle has picked another England squad for matchs against Cyprus at home and Norway away (possibly the touchest match Freemantle will face).
He has made a number of changes.

Goalkeepers
Steve Harper 1 Cap, Age 30, Celtic (Scotland)
Carlo Nash 1 Cap, Age 31, Middlesbrough
Chris Kirkland 4 Caps, Age 24, Real Sociedad (Spain)

Defencers
Wes Brown 8 Caps, Age 25, Newcastle
Phil Neville 47 Caps, Age 27, Man Utd
Gareth Barry 17 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 24, Man Utd
Wayne Bridge 16 Caps, Age 25, Chelsea
James McEveley 10 U21 Caps, 1 U21 Goal, Age 20, Blackburn
Matthew Upson 5 Caps, Age 26, Birmingham
Sol Campbell 62 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 30, Arsenal
Rio Ferdinard 46 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 26, Man Utd
Michael Dawson 4 Caps, Age 21, Man Utd
John Terry 3 Caps, Age 24, Chelsea

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard 32 Caps, 5 Goals, Age 25, Liverpool
Owen Hargreaves 25 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 24, Man Utd
Michael Carrick 4 Caps, Age 24, Cheivo
David Beckham 73 Caps, 11 Goals, Age 30, Real Mardid
Kieron Dyer 27 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 26, Barcelona
Christher Eagles 0 Caps, Age 19, Man Utd
Danny Murray 7 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 28, Liverpool
Kieran Richardson 5 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 20, Man Utd

Forwards
Kevin Davies 1 Cap, Age 28, Bolton
Matt Jansen 4 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 27, Blackburn
Wanye Rooney 16 Caps, 6 Goals, Age 19, Man Utd
Shola Ameobi 1 Cap, Age 23, Newcastle
Jermain Defoe 4 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 22, Man Utd

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Saturday 10th September 2005
England vs. Cyprus
Villa Park, Birmingham

Destipe England lack of goals in their past 2 games pundits predicted a win; and my God were they right.
The odds were 1-8 for English victory, 10-1 for a draw and a 12-1 for Cyprus to win.

England
GK Chris Kirkland
DR Phil Neville
DL James McEveley
DC Wes Brown
DC Michael Dawson (c)
MR Christher Eagles
ML Gareth Barry
MC Owen Hargreaves
MC Danny Murray
FC Shola Ameobi
FC Matt Jansen
Subs
Steve Harper
Jermain Defoe
John Terry
Michael Carrick
Kieron Dyer
Kevin Davies
Rio Ferdinard

Cyprus
GK Stelios Nicolaou
DR Kostas Konstantinou
DL Starros Antomon
DC Petros Konnafis (c)
DC Marios Panayi
MR Panagiotis Fgomitis
ML Marios Agathokleons
MC Stefanous Volskaridis
MC Alexis Nicholas
FC Michalis Konstantinou
FC Giannis Okkas
Subs
Christos Demetruiou
Giorgos Constanti
Giasemakis
Marios Neophyton
Andros Kyriakou
Andreas Demosthemons
Giorgos Charalmbais

England started off with an Murray shot within the first minute.
England's first goal came from a throughball by Murray that Jansen lauched onto, ran past the defence and shot passed the keeper.
In the 42th minute was England's second goal when Hargreaves saw Neville in the box and passed him the ball to do a shot at an angle and score his first ever goal for England.
In the second half England continued to score goals. The thrid goal come on the 61th minute. McEveley was able to cross the ball into the box where Ameobi shot rebounded off the keeper, but Ameobi got another shot and capped off a fanstatic match for him.
The fouth and final goal came on the 90th minute. Neville did a great long throw to Kevin Davies who scored with a header.

England 4
Jansen 14
Neville 42
Ameobi 61
Davies 90

Cyprus 0

Kirkland 7, Neville 8, McEveley 7, Brown 7, Dawson 6 (Ferdiard 7 on 59th min), Eagles 7, Barry 7, Hargreaves 7 (Carrick 7 on 67th min), Murrary 7, Ameobi 10*, Jansen 7 (Davies 7 on 77th min)

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David Prutton of Southampton has been call-up to replace Owen Hargreaves that has been injury for 4 day in the England Cyprus match.

Shermanez

Good work Footie King, some good results as well. Any chance of the occassional group table? Keep this up :thup:

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Since Gino asked
Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag G.D. Pts
1st England 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14
2nd Scotland 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12
3rd Norway 6 2 2 2 7 4 +3 8
4th Finland 6 2 2 2 6 8 -2 8
5th Cyprus 7 0 1 6 5 18 -13 1

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Tuesday 13th September 2005
Sol Campbell is injuried for a day with a sprained wrist and Titus Bramble is now in the England squad.

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Wednesday 14th September 2005
Norway vs. England
Ulleval Stadium, Olso

Norway is seen as a tougher oppersite then Cyprus. The odds were 3-1 for Norway, 2-1 for a draw and 4-5 for England.

Norway
GK Thomas Myhre
DR Pa-Modon Rah (c)
DL André Bergdøklmo
DC Claus Lundekvan
DC Brede Paulsen Hangeland
MR Daniel Fredheim Holm
ML John Arne Riise
MC Eirik Bakke
MC Daniel Berg Hestad
MC Trond Andersen
FC John Carew
Subs
Espen Johnsen
Azar Karadas
Thomasz Sokolowski
Kristain Flittie Onstad
Thorstein Helstad
Christain Grindheim
Andre Muri

England
GK Chris Kirkland
DR Phil Neville
DL James McEveley
DC Titus Bramble
DC Rio Ferdinard (c)
MR David Beckham
ML Kieran Richardson
MC Steven Gerrard
MC Kieron Dyer
FC Shola Ameobi
FC Wanye Rooney
Subs
Steve Harper
Jermain Defoe
John Terry
Michael Carrick
Christopher Eagles
Matt Jansen
Michael Dawson

England only got a 1-nil victory but that was enough for Freemantle.
The goal was on the 3rd minute by a Beckham freekick.
England domiated the match, but Norway did have a few changes. A fair result

Kirkland 8, Neville 6 (Carrick on 71th min 7), McEveley 7, Bramble 7, Ferdinard 7, Beckham 7, Richardson 7, Gerrard 8, Dyer 7, Ameobi 8 (Defoe on 71th min 6), Rooney 7 (Jansen on 76th min 6)

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Thursday 6th October 2005

England have already qualifyed for the World Cup and Scotland are second, so Norway, Finland and Cyprus are just playing for pride.

Goalkeepers
Steve Harper 1 Cap, Age 31 Celtic
Carlo Nash 1 Cap, Age 32 Middlebrough
Chris Kirkwood 6 Caps, Age 24 Liverpool

Defencers
Wes Brown 9 Caps, Age 25, Newcastle
Titus Bramble 1 Cap, Age 24, Newcastle
Phil Neville 49 Caps, Age 28, Man Utd
Wayne Bridge 16 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 25 Chelsea
James McEveley 2 Caps, Age 20, Blackburn
Matthew Upson 5 Caps, Age 26, Birmingham
Sol Campbell 62 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 31, Arsenal
Rio Ferdinard 48 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 26, Man Utd
Michael Dawson 5 Caps, Age 21, Man Utd
John Terry 3 Caps, Age 24, Chelsea

Midfielders
Steven Gerrard 33 Caps, 5 Goals, Age 25 Liverpool
Owen Hargreaves 26 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 24, Man Utd
Michael Carrick 5 Caps, Age 25, Cheivo
David Beckham 74 Caps, 12 Goals, Age 30, Real Mardid
Danny Murray 8 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 28, Liverpool
Jermaine Pennant 2 Caps, Age 22, Arsenal
Kieran Richardson 6 Caps, 2 Goals, Age 20, Man Utd
Joe Cole 18 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 23, Chelsea

Forwards
Kevin Davies 2 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 28, Bolton
Jon Macken 0 Caps, Age 28, Man City
Wanye Rooney 17 Caps, 6 Goals, Age 19, Man Utd
Shola Ameobi 3 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 23, Newcastle
Jermain Defoe 5 Caps, 1 Goal, Age 22, Man Utd

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Injury hits Kirkland
England Goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has come down with a dead leg in training has been removed from the squad.
His replace is experienced goalkeeper Ian Walker from Leicester. He has got a 3 caps for country and stand as good as change as anyone in the England squad to play against Finland.