Fabio Capello quits England to try his hand at football management
England manager Fabio Capello has quit as boss of the England football team to pursue his dream of managing footballers on a professional basis. Capello resigned after a meeting with FA chairman David…
England fans plan another moving 90-minute silence
England football supporters will observe a 90-minute silence during the game against Sweden on Tuesday. Wembley was totally quiet for a similar period on Saturday when the Three Lions bored world champions Spain…
Capello appoints Strauss as England captain
England boss Fabio Capello has sparked fresh controversy by appointing cricketer Andrew Strauss as captain for the friendly against Ghana, writes Crispin Fisher. With the three leading candidates unavailable Capello has gone for…
God forces despondent Capello to play England’s most prolific goalscorer
Fabio Capello’s chances of becoming one of the country’s worst ever managers suffered a massive blow last night when God forced him to play England’s most potent striker, Peter Crouch. The Lord God…
Simon Cowell to quit X Factor for England job
X Factor boss Simon Cowell has emerged as a shock contender to replace Fabio Capello as England football coach, writes Crispin Fisher. And already some star Premier League players are running scared after…
Miserable Fabio Capello feared he’d left the iron on
Fabio Capello has revealed that he didn’t celebrate England’s goals against Hungary as he was distracted by fears he’d left his iron switched on. In fact the national team coach was in such…
Premier League’s last English player ruled out with an injury
The FA Premier League will be populated entirely by foreign players this season after the last remaining English footballer was ruled out with a knee injury, writes Nigelis Eelios. Colin Dyson, a left…
England players call for inquest into running of fans
England’s devastated squad of multi-millionaire stars are demanding answers after their four-week stay in South Africa was cut short by fans. The players – who crashed out of the World Cup against Germany…
England beat Algeria 0-0
England bounced back from their opening game defeat against the USA with a vital 0-0 win over Algeria in Cape Town last night. Fabio Capello’s men moved closer to Group C qualification with…
Police hunt England fans after vuvuzela assault
Surgeons in Rustenburg yesterday performed a three hour operation to remove a vuvuzela trumpet from the rectum of a South African football fan, writes Nigel Eels. And police are today hunting the England…
