gavrenwick Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Interesting group, good luck mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 cheers mate...shouldn't really have a problem with this group, but then again it is England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salkster2102 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 You should qualify but then again it is england. Will you be sticking with some or the youth or going for experience? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spav Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I decided to be brave and read the latest from you, Mark. I was half-expecting that you'd been sacked by England and were now in charge of St Kitts & Nevis or someone like that after the shock of your demise in your Manchester United story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 I'm still getting over what happened in Manchester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 February 5th: England v Uganda; Friendly (Old Trafford) I wanted my players to use this game as some shooting practise and they did just that as on the 7th minute we went into the lead as Owen fired in for us, three minutes later we were two goals up as Brandy did the honours from the edge of the area. Uganda hadn't really touched the ball as of yet and on the 21st minute we went a further goal up with Brandy grabbing his second goal of the game. It was a good game for the fans as we controlled like we should of done. Just after the half hour we scored our next goal with Owen firing in brilliantly. On the 35th minute goal number five went in as Hargreaves got in on the scoring act. We were all over Uganda but didn't add another goal in the first half. During the interval I made several changes with Amos, Fox, Welbeck, Baxter and Sharp all coming on. The second half was only four minutes old when Owen grabbed his hat trick with a curling effort which the Uganda keeper helpless against it. Seven minutes later our final goal went into the net as Barnes ran clear of the defence and slid the ball past the keeper. The scoring wasn't over with yet as on the 61st minute Uganda got on the score sheet with Sserumagga firing past Amos after a slip by Davies. England 7 Owen 7, 33, 49, Brandy 10, 21, Hargreaves 35, Barnes 56 Uganda 1 Sserumagga 61 Man of Match: Owen (England) Booked: Baxter Attendance: 76,188 Player Ratings; GK: Foster (7) sub 45 Amos (6) RB: Richards (cap) (7) LB: Mattock (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) sub 45 Fox (7) CB; Davies (7) MR: Barnes (9) ML: Walcott (8) MC: Hargreaves (8) sub 45 Welbeck (7) MC: Young (7) sub 45 Baxter (7) FC: Brandy (9) sub 45 Sharp (7) FC: Owen (9) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Great win. Poor Uganda. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 I'm gutted that they actually scored, its like San Marino all those years ago lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Haha, theyll hold that goal in their memories for ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 I know, never mind as someone said early in the story a win is a win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssestig Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Good group for the tournament. KUTGW Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Not a bad group at all ssestig, could of been alot worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 March 26th: England v Venezuela; Friendly (Old Trafford) The final game before the World Cup and my players looked up for it. We started the better and on the 12th minute we went into the lead as Owen continued from the last match with a fine individual goal. Owen was the star of the show as he dictated the game and it was on the 31st minute he got his next goal as he ran onto a Rooney through ball to fire past the South American keeper. Four minutes later midfielder Young fired in after Owen made so much space for him. It was looking good for us as we piled the pressure on Venezuela. The second half saw a few changes again as I wanted to see my other players and despite the divide in class we dominated the game but despite this we only added one more goal in the game as Rooney fired in five minutes from time to give us a good 4-0 victory. England 4 Owen 12, 31, Young 35, Rooney 85 Venezuela 0 Man of Match: Owen (England) Booked: Cattermole, Hargreaves Attendance: 76,168 Player Ratings; GK: Amos (7) sub 45 Crompton (7) RB: Richards (7) LB: Briggs (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Walcott (7) sub 45 Barnes (7) ML: Young (8) sub 45 Woods (7) MC: Hargreaves (7) MC: Cattermole (8) sub 45 Lua Lua (7) FC: Rooney (cap) (8) FC: Owen (8) sub 45 Brandy (7) I now had around 70 days now to decide which of my players I will be taking to the World Cup. Its not going to be easy and I hope no player get injured between now and the end of May May 25th: Domestic and European Results: Premiership Top Three; 1st: Arsenal 74pts (Third Year Running) 2nd: Liverpool 73pts 3rd: West Ham United 67pts FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Liverpool League Cup: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea Community Shield; Manchester United 2-0 Arsenal Champions League: Valencia 2-1 Inter Milan UEFA Cup: Roma 4-0 Ajax European Super Cup: Barcelona 2-1 Inter Milan World Club Championship: Barcelona 2-0 Santos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salkster2102 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Could have had a double as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 May 31st: I now had to choose the players that I will be taking to the World Cup, The squad is as follows:- Position ¦ Name ¦ Squad ¦ Age ¦ Caps ¦ Goals ¦ Club ¦ ¦ ¦ Number¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ============¦=======================¦=======¦======¦======¦=======¦===================¦ GK ¦ Paul Crompton ¦ 12 ¦ 22 ¦ 3 ¦ 0 ¦ Ipswich Town ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ GK ¦ Ben Amos ¦ 13 ¦ 24 ¦ 7 ¦ 0 ¦ Reading ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ GK ¦ Ben Foster ¦ 1 ¦ 31 ¦ 22 ¦ 0 ¦ Aston Villa ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DRC ¦ Phillip Bardsley ¦ 4 ¦ 28 ¦ 18 ¦ 0 ¦ Everton ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DRC/DM ¦ Micah Richards ¦ 2 ¦ 25 ¦ 30 ¦ 0 ¦ Chelsea ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DLC/WBL ¦ Matthew Briggs ¦ 14 ¦ 23 ¦ 7 ¦ 0 ¦ Birmingham City ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DC ¦ Curtis Davies ¦ 3 ¦ 29 ¦ 20 ¦ 1 ¦ Aston Villa ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DC ¦ Anton Ferdinand ¦ 5 ¦ 28 ¦ 8 ¦ 0 ¦ West Ham United ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DC ¦ Kevin Fox ¦ 21 ¦ 21 ¦ 5 ¦ 0 ¦ Cardiff City ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ D/WBR ¦ Danny Simpson ¦ 22 ¦ 27 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ Watford ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ D/WB/ML ¦ Joe Mattock ¦ 15 ¦ 24 ¦ 3 ¦ 0 ¦ Wigan Athletic ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ DM ¦ Owen Hargreaves ¦ 6 ¦ 33 ¦ 87 ¦ 12 ¦ Manchester United ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AMRC ¦ Giles Barnes ¦ 20 ¦ 25 ¦ 32 ¦ 8 ¦ Fiorentina ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AMR ¦ David Bentley ¦ 18 ¦ 29 ¦ 9 ¦ 1 ¦ Portsmouth ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AMRC ¦ Chris Eagles ¦ 8 ¦ 28 ¦ 3 ¦ 1 ¦ Watford ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AMRLC ¦ Kazenga Lua Lua ¦ 16 ¦ 23 ¦ 4 ¦ 1 ¦ Everton ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AMR/FC ¦ Theo Walcott ¦ 7 ¦ 25 ¦ 67 ¦ 9 ¦ Parma ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ AML ¦ Stewart Downing ¦ 11 ¦ 29 ¦ 30 ¦ 3 ¦ AC.Milan ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ FC ¦ Febian Brandy ¦ 17 ¦ 25 ¦ 21 ¦ 11 ¦ Ipswich Town ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ FC ¦ Wayne Rooney (captain)¦ 10 ¦ 28 ¦ 102 ¦ 45 ¦ Manchester United ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ ST ¦ Michael Owen ¦ 9 ¦ 34 ¦ 155 ¦ 96 ¦ Inter Milan ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ ST ¦ Billy Sharp ¦ 19 ¦ 28 ¦ 5 ¦ 2 ¦ Sheffield United ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ ST ¦ Scott Tandy ¦ 23 ¦ 21 ¦ 0 ¦ 0 ¦ Manchester United ¦ ------------¦-----------------------¦-------¦------¦------¦-------¦-------------------¦ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Such a different squad to look at. Wish you success dude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 Cheers Gav, hopefully some fresh talent will help me actually do well in a World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 June 3rd: The odds for the World Cup have been released and we have been quoted at 2-1 joint favourites with Italy and Brazil, Argentina 5-2, France 3-1 and Germany 4-1 June 6th; Ivory Coast 2-1 Italy, Northern Ireland 1-1 Chile June 7th: Spain 2-1 Holland, Uruguay 3-0 Costa Rica, Morocco 1-1 Portugal June 8th: Saudi Arabia 3-2 Czech Republic, Nigeria 2-2 South Korea, Ecuador 2-2 Germany June 9th: Sweden 3-1 Mexico, Brazil 2-1 Australia, Romania 0-0 France June 10th: England v Russia: World Cup 2014 Group Stage (Parque De Stadia, Uberlandia (MG)) We were the better team as the Russians struggled to get more than a couple of passes together. On the 12th minute we had the first chance of the game with Downing firing wide of the upright. Three minutes later though we lost Walcott to injury after receiving a dead leg. Eagles came on for him. My players carried on piling forward and just before the half hour we went into the lead as Owen rattled the ball in off the upright but his goal was ruled out for a foul on the keeper. The second half started well for us as within two minutes we went a goal up as Barnes fired in a screamer from 30 yards. It was the perfect start to the half and we continued the pressure as we pressurised the Russian defence. However our game changed on the 70th minute as we were reduced to ten men after Davies was sent off for a two footed lunge. Despite being down to ten men we carried on our dominance and we grabbed three points. England 1 Barnes 47 Russia 0 Man of Match: Barnes (England) Booked: Bardsley, Davies (Red) Attendance: 71,985 Player Rating: GK: Foster (7) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (cap 45) (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Walcott (6) inj 15 Eagles (7) ML: Downing (7) MC: Hargreaves (7) MC: Barnes (8) FC; Owen (7) FC: Rooney (cap) (6) sub 45 Brandy (6) Other Result: Paraguay 3-0 Iraq, Egypt 2-2 Japan June 11th: Norway 1-0 USA, Italy 2-1 Chile, Argentina 2-2 Ghana June 12th: Ivory Coast 4-1 Northern Ireland, Holland 4-0 Costa Rica, Uruguay 0-0 Spain June 13th: South Korea 1-1 Ecuador, Morocco 3-0 Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic 1-1 Portugal June 14th: Brazil 2-2 Sweden, Germany 3-1 Nigeria, Mexico 3-1 Australia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PluckaDuck Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Great win mate. Recently read this story from start to finish, and it was a really good read. I was kept interested the entire team. It's a vastly different team now to what I would think England's line-up come 2014 WOrld CUp. I also loved WAles run in South Africa. Something I never thought would happen. Well done, great story and I'll be reading until the very end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Great start to the tournament thanks to Lord Giles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Its about time a team of mine actually started a tournament well Gav...Hopefully we can carry on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spav Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 It really is 'your' team now that you've rang the changes, Mark. I look forward to seeing Michael Owen notch his 100th international goal as England go on to win the 2014 World Cup. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Cheers Spav, unfortunetly you will have to wait a while as I'm moving today and I wont be getting the internet back till early January..........sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 June 15th: England v Iraq: World Cup 2014 Group Stage (Castelao, Fortalez (CE)) The perfect start saw us a goal up on the second minute as Rooney fired in a screamer from the edge of the area. Ten minutes later we had the next chance as Hargreaves headed towards goal from a Barnes corner. On the 22nd minute we went two goals up as Rooney doubled his tally for the game. We were all over the defence of Iraq and on the half hour we should of gone further into the lead but Owen managed to miss an open goal. The second half was much the same as we continued to pressurise the Iraq defence but on the 51st minute we had Foster to thank as he saved well from the Iraq attack. Five minutes later we grabbed the third goal as Rooney fired in his hat trick. We carried on piling forward but we just couldn't add to our tally and kept up our 100% record. England 3 Rooney 2, 22, 56 Iraq 0 Man of Match: Rooney (England) Booked; Richards, Bentley Attendance: 59,985 Player Ratings: GK: Foster (7) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Fox (7) MR: Bentley (7) ML: Downing (7) MC: Hargreaves (7) MC: Barnes (8) FC: Owen (8) FC: Rooney (cap) (9) Other Results: Romania 3-0 Japan, France 2-1 Egypt June 16th: Russia 1-1 Paraguay, Ghana 2-1 USA, Argentina 1-1 Norway June 17th: Holland 3-1 Uruguay, Spain 3-0 Costa Rica, Italy 1-0 Northern Ireland, Ivory Coast 4-0 Chile June 18th: Portugal 3-3 Saudi Arabia, Nigeria 1-0 Ecuador, Morocco 1-1 Czech Republic, Germany 1-1 South Korea June 19th: Brazil 3-2 Mexico, Romania 7-1 Egypt, France 4-3 Japan, Sweden 2-1 Australia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Mark! Your back! And a great result to come back too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Yes , Im back finally got the internet back on after moving. Was a good result too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spav Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Yep, 2 good results for England. It's a pity the Aussies have been knocked over twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salkster2102 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Welcome back mark. great result Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 cheers salkster, good to be back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton321 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Good story mate enjoying it. Few good results. World Cup quaters will bring a tragic end to your campaign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 June 20th: England v Paraguay: World Cup 2014 Group Stage (Fonte Nova Salvador (BA)) We began poorly as on the 4th minute we went behind but luckily for us the referees assistant raised his flag for offside. Paraguay then came close again as they rattled our upright from 20 yards. However on the 20th minute we managed to grab the first goal of the game as Owen was hacked down in the area. Downing stepped up for the penalty and fired it brilliantly into the bottom corner of the net. A minutes later though we had to replace Barnes after receiving a knock to the leg. Paraguay carried on the pressure and it wasn't long till they managed to grab the equaliser with Mareco firing past Foster. The second half wasn't much of a half as we struggled to get going and luckily for us so was Paraguay. The half was nothing more than shambolic as neither team could really manage to string more than a couple of passes together. England 1 Downing pen 20 Paraguay 1 Mareco 32 Man of Match; Mareco (Paraguay) Booked: No English Player Attendance: 66,040 Player Ratings: GK: Foster (6) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (6) MR: Bentley (7) ML: Downing (7) MC: Hargreaves (6) sub 45 Simpson (7) MC: Barnes (7) inj 21 Walcott (7) FC: Owen (7) FC: Rooney (cap) (7) Other Results: Russia 3-0 Iraq, Norway 3-0 Ghana, USA 1-0 Argentina Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Group A: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Ivory Coast ¦ + 8 ¦ 9 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Italy ¦ + 1 ¦ 6 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ [b] 3rd ¦ ¦ N. IRELAND ¦ - 4 ¦ 1 ¦[/b] 4th ¦ ¦ Chile ¦ - 5 ¦ 1 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group B: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Spain ¦ + 4 ¦ 7 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Holland ¦ + 5 ¦ 6 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ Uruguay ¦ + 1 ¦ 4 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Costa Rica ¦ -10 ¦ 0 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group C: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Morocco ¦ + 3 ¦ 5 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Saudi Arabia ¦ - 2 ¦ 4 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ Portugal ¦ 0 ¦ 3 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Czech Republic ¦ - 1 ¦ 2 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group D: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Germany ¦ + 2 ¦ 5 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Nigeria ¦ - 1 ¦ 4 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ South Korea ¦ 0 ¦ 3 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Ecuador ¦ - 1 ¦ 2 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group E: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Sweden ¦ + 3 ¦ 7 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Brazil ¦ + 2 ¦ 7 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ Mexico ¦ - 1 ¦ 3 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Australia ¦ - 4 ¦ 0 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group F: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Romania ¦ + 9 ¦ 7 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ France ¦ + 2 ¦ 7 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ Japan ¦ - 4 ¦ 1 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Eygpt ¦ - 7 ¦ 1 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group G: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ [b] 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ ENGLAND ¦ + 4 ¦ 7 ¦[/b] 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Paraguay ¦ + 3 ¦ 5 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ Russia ¦ + 2 ¦ 4 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Iraq ¦ - 9 ¦ 0 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Group H: Position¦ Information ¦ Team ¦Goal ¦Points¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Diff ¦ ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 1st ¦ Qualified ¦ Norway ¦ + 4 ¦ 7 ¦ 2nd ¦ Qualified ¦ Ghana ¦ - 2 ¦ 4 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ 3rd ¦ ¦ USA ¦ - 1 ¦ 3 ¦ 4th ¦ ¦ Argentina ¦ - 1 ¦ 2 ¦ --------¦------------------¦------------------¦-----¦------¦ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Second Round Draw: Germany v Saudi Arabia France v Sweden Holland v Ivory Coast Spain v Italy Morocco v Nigeria Romania v Brazil ENGLAND v Ghana Norway v Paraguay June 21st; Holland 2-1 Ivory Coast, Italy 1-0 Spain June 22nd: Germany 2-1 Saudi Arabia, Nigeria 2-0 Morocco June 23rd; Brazil 2-0 Romania, France 5-2 Sweden June 24th: England v Ghana: World Cup 2014 Second Round (Manegueirzao, Belem (PA)) We started a lot better in this game as we controlled the African team with ease. We had the first effort on the 17th minute as Rooney ran clear of the defence to fire just wide of the upright. Seven minutes later we had the next chance of the game and Owens fired just wide of the post. My team were just dominant and on the half hour we went into the lead as Rooney fired into the net but his effort was ruled out for offside by the assistant referee. Just before the half time interval we went into the lead again as Owen rifled home brilliantly. The second half was much the same as we controlled all aspects of the game and on the 58th minute we doubled the lead as Brandy ran clear of the defence to slide past the keeper. Our pressure was immense but we had to wait till the 83rd minute to get the next goal as Brandy fired in from the edge of the area. England 3 Owen 44, Brandy 58, 83 Ghana 0 Man of Match: Brandy (England) Booked: No English Player Attendance: 59,973 Player Ratings; GK: Foster (7) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Bentley (7) ML: Downing (8) MC: Hargreaves (8) MC: Walcott (7) sub 65 Lua Lua (7) FC: Owen (8) sub 45 Brandy (8) FC: Rooney (cap) (7) Other Results: Norway 4-2 Paraguay 1/4 Final Draw: Holland v Germany Italy v Nigeria France v Norway Brazil v ENGLAND Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Good win at Ghana. Best of luck possible against Brazil.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gonna need it, will be a good test for my players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 June 27th; Germany 2-1 Holland, Nigeria 0-0 Italy (Nigeria progress 4-3 on penalties) June 28th: England v Brazil: World Cup 1/4 Final (Parque Dosabia, Uberlandia (MG)) We began the better team and it wasn't long till we had recorded our first chance as Owen rattled the crossbar after the Brazilian defence let him run clear. On the 13th minute we grabbed the first goal as captain Rooney volleyed home Downings cross. However after the goal my players seemed to relax too much and the Brazilians started to get a grip of the game. On the 23rd minute they had there first effort of the game with a rasping effort which Foster managed to save well. Ten minutes later we had Richards to thank as he blocked another effort. It was becoming one way traffic as the Brazilians controlled much of the play. Just before the half time whistle we had Foster to thank again for a world class save. I changed the formation to a 4-4-1-1 with Rooney moving into midfield of need be. It seemed to work at first as we stemmed the Brazilian attack. It was Brazil though who had the first effort of the half as they fired towards goal on the 59th minute but Foster was again there to deny them. Despite us getting battered throughout the half we managed to get the second goal as Eagles sprinted past the defence to slot home and send us into the semi finals England 2 Rooney 13, Eagles 86 Brazil 0 Man of Match: Foster (England) Booked: Hargreaves Attendance: 71,995 Player Ratings: GK: Foster (8) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (8) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Bentley (7) ML: Downing (7) MC: Hargreaves (7) MC: Walcott (7) sub 45 Eagles (8) FC: Owen (7) FC: Rooney (cap) (8) Other Results; France 3-1 Norway (aet) Semi Final Draw: Germany v ENGLAND Nigeria v France June 30th: Injury news sees Hargreaves out for around two weeks after straining his thigh in training meaning he will miss the rest of the tournament Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssestig Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Just make sure it doesn't go to penalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrenwick Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Storming result against the Brazilians. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 ssestig: I hope it doesn't we all know what the bloody Germans are like lol Gav: really good result, my players are actually showeing me what there made of for once Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spav Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Germany ist der pansies und Engerland vill vin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O\'Hara_fan Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nice to see it back Mark. Going well for England too, beating the Brazillians like that probably have all the Englishmen thinking we can win the world cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 July 1st: England v Germany: World Cup 2014 Semi Final (Estadio Caste Lao, Sao Luis (MA)) A brilliant start saw us a goal up within the first minute as Owen capitalised on an error by the German keeper. After the goal though Germany upped there pace some more and they piled forward and on the 14th minute we had Foster to thank for pulling of a great save from the German attack. On the 20th minute we had the next chance of the game as Owen r an onto a Rooney through ball but his effort went just wide much to the relief of the German defence. Just after the half hour the next goal was scored as Rooney headed home Walcott’s cross to put us into a commanding 2-0 lead. The second half started well for us as within five minutes we added goal number three as Rooney fired in from the edge of the area. My players were looking very confident and on the 58th minute we should of gone a further goal up but Owens effort went just over. Three minutes later Germanys game went from bad to worse as Muller was sent for a second yellow card. My players took full advantage of this as we battered the Germans and on the 82nd minute we made them pay as Rooney completed his hat trick and sent us into the World Cup Final. England 4 Owen 1, Rooney 34, 50, 82 Germany 0 Man of Match: Rooney (England) Booked: Owen Attendance: 74,981 Player Ratings; GK: Foster (8) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (7) CB; A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Bardsley (7) ML: Downing (8) MC: Eagles (7) sub 45 Barnes (7) MC: Walcott (7) FC: Owen (8) FC: Rooney (cap) (9) July 2nd: France 2-0 Nigeria July 5th: World Cup 2014 3rd/4th Place Play Off: Germany 3-3 Nigeria (Germany win 3-2 on penalties) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDave Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Brazil and the Germans, you've got to this final the hard way! One more to go, fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Trust me I ve got everything crossed dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHAVFC Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 98 goals for England for Lil Mo, Good luck against the French. If you lose you might be saying Au Revouir (sp?) to your job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 RB: Bardsley (7) MR: Bardsley (7) How did you get him to do that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Multi talented mate lol... must of been Barnes there in (MR) oppps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 July 6th: England v France; World Cup 2014 Final (Maracana, Rio de Janero (RJ)) We got off to a terrible start as straight from kick off the French went a goal up as Henry ran straight through my defence and fired past Foster. I was furious with my team. France then came close again to scoring but Henrys effort was diverted wide of the goal by Ferdinand’s left boot. On the 12th minute though we managed to grab the equaliser with our first attack of the game with Owen doing the honours. Our joy though was short lived as seven minutes later we conceded another goal as Malbranque fired past Foster with ease. On the 27th minute we had the next chance as Walcott fired just over from 25 yards. The game was becoming very open and it wasn't long till France were on the attack again as Nasri fired towards goal but luckily for us the ball went just wide. During the interval I told my players we needed to press more and take the game to the French. The second half was very open as both teams attacked. We had the first effort of the half as Brandy fired towards goal but his effort went straight into the keepers arms. France then came close on the hour with a stunning effort from Ribery but his shot was tipped over by Foster. Despite all the attacking football there was no more goals and we ended up losing the World Cup final. England 1 Owen 12 France 2 Henry 1, Malbranque 19 Man of Match: Costil (France) Booked: Bardsley, Walcott (England), Mexes, Bocaly (France) Attendance: 95,000 Player Ratings: England: GK: Foster (6) RB: Bardsley (7) LB: Richards (7) CB: A. Ferdinand (7) CB: Davies (7) MR: Bentley (7) ML: Downing (7) MC: Eagles (7) sub 45 Barnes (6) MC: Walcott (7) FC: Owen (7) FC: Rooney (cap) (6) sub 45 Brandy (6) France; GK: Costil (8) RB: Sagna (7) LB: Abidal (7) DC: Mexes (7) DC: Dervite (7) MC: Toulalan (7) MC: Bocaly (7) AMC: Ribery (7) AMC: Duverne (7) sub 2 Malbranque (8) AMC: Nasri (7) FC: Henry (8) What could I say to my players after they lost the biggest game of there lives, but we should learn from this defeat and hopefully this is the start of a good period of form for my players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperk1 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Ouch...that's harsh. Unbeaten throughout the entire tournament then this... Ah well, you did better here than you did in South Africa. Where are the next Euro's and WC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Pike Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Nasty result there, Mark. but a great story all the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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