by Ste | Jun 25, 2012 | Features, Main Features
When Chris Waddle’s shoulders slumped in Turin as he watched his penalty soar high into the humid night sky a nation mourned as one. The dream that had twinkled and tantalised from Gazza’s boots during that now famous 1990 campaign vanished with a consolidatory hug...
by Ste | Jun 25, 2012 | Features, Main Features
by Liam McConville As England head home following another heart-breaking penalty defeat, the analysis and post-mortem will begin as the country tries to recover from this latest setback. After one hundred and twenty minutes of soaking up pressure, penalties were yet...
by Ste | Jun 25, 2012 | Features, Main Features
by Darren Walsh Now this is obviously a very tough game to call due to the equal abilities of the two teams, but Alan Hansen has just compared Andrea Pirlo and Steven Gerrard as if they’re the same type of player. Narrow Italian team, not that Milner and Young will...
by Ste | Jun 24, 2012 | Features, Main Features
by Jack Heaney If England fans believe the last 15 years were eventful, one only has to glance at the recently expelled French team to see that our drama pales in comparison to that of Les Bleus. For while we and our roaring three lions have suffered the usual...
by Ste | Jun 23, 2012 | Features, Main Features
by Andy Robinson Following on from Russ Cowper’s excellent “England on the NHS” article about watching the Euro’s from his hospital bed and the editor’s request basically for “more stuff like this” I took the opportunity to pack away my notebook along with my passport...