WALES sit two places above England in the Fifa world rankings, while Scotland wallow below Benin in 67th in a mixed bag for the home nations. Chris Coleman’s side made the semi-finals at Euro 2016 and are unbeaten since losing their semi-final clash with Portugal. Gareth Bale helped Wales make history at Euro 2016 and they […]
ENGLAND’S attempts to play the top nations at their own game and keep the ball on the ground has been the subject of fierce debate. Gareth Southgate got his message across clearly for the vast majority of Tuesday’s game and there are still many more positives than negatives despite two late Spain goals. They are […]
SPAIN introduced the world to tiki-taka football but they have always been known as the La Furia Roja. At Wembley last night, for 89 minutes, there was nothing particularly furious about the men in red shirts before giving us a bit of a slap. Looking ahead to this qualifying campaign, you had to wonder how […]
NORTHERN IRELAND were embarrassed this evening as Croatia fired three past them at Windsor Park. Michael O’Neill’s men impressed during Friday’s 4-0 romp over Azerbaijan but were outplayed in every aspect by Croatia as the likes of Mario Mandzukic ran wild. Indeed, it was the Juventus superstar who opened the scoring after just nine minutes […]
TONIGHT’S Wembley showdown is only the eighth competitive Auld Enemy clash excluding the Home International Championship and short-lived Rous Cup. Here, SunSport’s IAN PASSINGHAM looks at the historical results of this powderkeg fixture . . . April 15, 1950 (World Cup qualifying) Scotland 0 England 1 (Bentley 63) SCOTLAND snubbed the chance to join England at the World […]