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By recording a 0-0 tie against Mexico last Friday, their lucky 13th game without a win, England have equalled Mexico for the dubious title of “team-playing-most-games-without-a-win-in-the-U-20-tournament- finals”! Moreover, England’s progression into the final 16 knock-out stage despite the complete absence … Continue reading →

England go into their third U-20 Group F game in Colombia tomorrow having failed to win in any of their 12 games since their last win at the 1997 Malaysia U-20 tournament. Failure to win their game tomorrow against Mexico … Continue reading →

With all the allegations of Pakistani match fixing in Cricket in the press over the past year, it would be interesting to know what the odds on Nederlands scoring over 290 in their World Cup match opener against England was, … Continue reading →

Strange as it may seem, the refs appalling decision to penalise Kaka for the temerity to defend himself against the Ivorian Coast player who, apparently, deliberately ran into him, may well end up punishing the Ivorians more than Brazil.  With … Continue reading →

Down and almost certainly out after last weeks 3-0 defeat at the hands of Uruguay, suddenly things are looking a lot rosier for a South African team preparing to face a French side at a historic low, assuming the French … Continue reading →

Okay so Wayne had a go at the crowd at the end of the Algeria game.  So what? Quite honestly, after the appalling display the England team put up against Algeria I would have been more worried had he not … Continue reading →

Bit of a co-incidence that the two best performing teams so far – Argentina and Germany (yes I know Germany lost to Serbia but even with just 10 men they were by far the better side – how Podborski didn’t … Continue reading →

So Robert Green’s hot-ex Canadian girlfriend dumping him so close to the World Cup finals was what caused his aberration against the Americans.   For his sake I hope not. Much as I, as a recently separated man, can sympathise … Continue reading →

It’s not even the end of Day 5 of the 2010 World Cup and already so much injustice has been recorded – missed fouls, unfair bookings, a dodgy sending off and an offside goal –  that I can no longer … Continue reading →