Team Limey was basking in an unfamiliar relaxed state leading up to this week's final round of World Cup qualifiers, as its beloved England team safely qualified at the beginning of September with two games to spare.
Jump on the England bandwagon too soon -- as often happens -- and you're bound to be disappointed. But the numbers are hard to argue with: eight games in World Cup qualifying, eight wins; 31 goals scored, five conceded.
England midfielder David Beckham has praised coach Fabio Capello for creating a new spirit of togetherness in the national side.
Michael Owen has failed to win an international recall with England coach Fabio Capello ignoring his claims for next Wednesday's friendly against the Netherlands.
Veteran Manchester United defender Gary Neville has received a surprise England recall for the World Cup tie against Kazakhstan and Andorra next month.
That the new castle to which the city owes its name is now 929 years old is not Newcastle's only temporal oddity. Dominating the skyline above the medieval keep is St. James' Park -- home of Newcastle United -- a rare place where time's normally linear passage takes peculiar cyclical paths.
Lanky Peter Crouch aims to lift England to fresh heights after winning his first international start of the Fabio Capello era in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley.
Fabio Capello's no-nonsense approach to international management is just what England needed to turn them into potential world beaters, according to midfield star Frank Lampard.
England coach Fabio Capello has confirmed that he was impressed by David Beckham's latest performance for AC Milan.
Sir Bobby Charlton, the enduring hero of World Cup glory in 1966, told me recently that he long ago despaired of England ever again winning sport's greatest prize. He was certain exactly where the blame lay, too: at the hands of a succession of mediocre managers.
Team Limey was basking in an unfamiliar relaxed state leading up to this week's final round of World Cup qualifiers, as its beloved England team safely qualified at the beginning of September with two games to spare.
Jump on the England bandwagon too soon -- as often happens -- and you're bound to be disappointed. But the numbers are hard to argue with: eight games in World Cup qualifying, eight wins; 31 goals scored, five conceded.
England midfielder David Beckham has praised coach Fabio Capello for creating a new spirit of togetherness in the national side.
Michael Owen has failed to win an international recall with England coach Fabio Capello ignoring his claims for next Wednesday's friendly against the Netherlands.
Veteran Manchester United defender Gary Neville has received a surprise England recall for the World Cup tie against Kazakhstan and Andorra next month.
That the new castle to which the city owes its name is now 929 years old is not Newcastle's only temporal oddity. Dominating the skyline above the medieval keep is St. James' Park -- home of Newcastle United -- a rare place where time's normally linear passage takes peculiar cyclical paths.
Lanky Peter Crouch aims to lift England to fresh heights after winning his first international start of the Fabio Capello era in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley.
Fabio Capello's no-nonsense approach to international management is just what England needed to turn them into potential world beaters, according to midfield star Frank Lampard.
England coach Fabio Capello has confirmed that he was impressed by David Beckham's latest performance for AC Milan.
Sir Bobby Charlton, the enduring hero of World Cup glory in 1966, told me recently that he long ago despaired of England ever again winning sport's greatest prize. He was certain exactly where the blame lay, too: at the hands of a succession of mediocre managers.
Beckham-mania is about to strike in Italy. By the end of the year, the world's most hyped footballer will have teamed up with AC Milan on a three-month loan from his MLS club, the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Michael Owen heard that he could still feature in England's World Cup plans on the day Newcastle stepped up their bid to keep the striker at the Premier League club.
England captain John Terry made up for a nightmare error with a late headed winner to give his side a 2-1 victory away to Germany in a friendly on Wednesday.
Theo Walcott has been ruled out of England's friendly international against Germany in Berlin on Wednesday after dislocating his right shoulder in training.
Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand have pulled out of England's squad for the prestige friendly against Germany in Berlin this week due to injury.
New coach Fabio Capello had steered England back into the world's top 10 in the latest FIFA rankings published on Wednesday.
England coach Fabio Capello has confirmed that John Terry has been ruled out of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Wembley.
England captain John Terry remains a doubt for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Wembley.
John Terry has been named as England's permanent captain under new coach Fabio Capello and will lead the team in Wednesday's friendly against the Czech Republic at Wembley.
David Beckham will captain England in their friendly game against Trinidad and Tobago in the Port of Spain on Sunday.
Seven players involved in last week's Champions League final have been excused from England's trip to Trinidad and Tobago for their friendly international on Sunday.
Captain John Terry helped England produce their most impressive performance of the Fabio Capello era with the opening goal in a 2-0 friendly win against the United States at Wembley.
England coach Fabio Capello gave Chelsea defender John Terry a welcome boost by naming him as captain for the friendly international against the USA at Wembley on Wednesday.
David Beckham was named in England's squad for friendly games against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago as coach Fabio Capello keeps faith with the veteran Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder.
Real Madrid's 4-1 humiliation of bitter rivals Barcelona in 'El Clasico' was really just the icing on the cake for Bernd Schuster's side this season -- a season where domestic dominance has increased yet a return to the top of the European tree appears to be as far away as ever.
David Beckham's 100th cap ended in disappointment as France beat England 1-0 in their friendly international at the Stade de France on Wednesday.
David Beckham was named in England's starting line-up for their friendly against France on Wednesday night to guarantee that he will win his 100th international cap.
West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green has replaced the injured Chris Kirkland as England manager Fabio Capello was forced into a late change to his 23-man squad for next week's friendly international away to France.
David Beckham improved his chances of winning a 100th England cap after coming through Los Angeles Galaxy's pre-season clash with FC Dallas unscathed in front of Fabio Capello's right-hand man.
If you are not careful when discussing England's crushing failure to qualify for Euro 2008, and the subsequent appointment of Fabio Capello as the national-team manager, you can appear to morph from cosmopolitan man of the world to foaming xenophobe. To demonstrate that you have nothing against foreign players or managers, it has to be picked through, step by step.
Welcome to the Fabio Capello era. England's players got their first taste of the new headmaster's regime leading up to Wednesday's friendly with Switzerland in a situation reminiscent of the opening half of Full Metal Jacket.
Fabio Capello has signaled that a fit David Beckham will be very much part of his plans after omitting the midfielder from the 2-1 victory over Switzerland in his first match in charge.
Fabio Capello launched his England managerial reign with a Wembley win as his new 'hard-line' approach was rewarded with a 2-1 victory over Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland.
England manager Fabio Capello has appointed Steven Gerrard as captain for the friendly international against Switzerland at Wembley on Wednesday.
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is backing new coach Fabio Capello to turn England from nearly men into winners.
Young Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, the only new cap in England coach Fabio Capello's revised 23-man squad for Wednesday's friendly against Switzerland, is likely to miss the game.
David Beckham is determined to win his place back in the England team after being left out of Fabio Capello's first squad for the friendly against Switzerland next week.
New England coach Fabio Capello has omitted David Beckham from his first squad in charge for next Wednesday's friendly international against Switzerland at Wembley.
England's new national coach Fabio Capello has told the Football Association that his tax payments are in order, after reports from Italy that his financial affairs are being scrutinized as part of a widespread investigation by the authorities.
Fabio Capello's first competitive match as England coach will be away to Andorra in September after the dates were agreed for their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign on Monday.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticized the English FA for appointing another foreign coach to run the national team -- on the day Italian Fabio Capello officially took charge.
David Beckham is desperate to win his 100th cap for England under new coach Fabio Capello, the Los Angeles Galaxy star revealed at a special evening in his honor in London on Sunday night.
England coach Fabio Capello watched Wayne Rooney inspire Manchester United's 2-0 FA Cup victory and was delighted that his first day in his new job coincided with the striker's best performance for weeks.
Gather round the fire and nestle close, dear readers, for here in the great hall of Castle Limey, amidst faded portraits and moth-eaten antlers, wise Team Limey has salutary holiday messages for you to contemplate. And some banter, too.
Earlier this month, many Englishmen believe a savior arrived. And the savior was shepherded into a $1.5 billion stadium in the land of Wembley by three kingmakers from the Football Association. And later the kingmakers announced that a star had come to us from the south and swaddled only in his trademark multi-colored ZeroRH+ glasses and an expensive designer suit. Then we were told that Fabio Capello would be the next England manager.
Fabio Capello is out to prove that the post of England national-team manager is not the impossible job so many people claim it to be.
England's new national coach Fabio Capello was presented as a "winner with a capital W" when the Football Association introduced him at a media conference in London on Monday.
New England manager Fabio Capello will be looking to go out on a high after insisting his new role would be the last of his illustrious career.
The Football Association have confirmed that Italian Fabio Capello will succeed Steve McClaren as the new England national coach.
Fabio Capello appears on the brink of being named England's new coach after "extremely positive" talks with Football Association hierarchy in London on Wednesday.
Fabio Capello has been installed as the new favorite to succeed Steve McClaren as England manager.
Fabio Capello, sacked as coach of Real Madrid despite guiding them to the Spanish league title, has said that he felt let down by both club president Ramon Calderon and sporting director Predrag Mijatovic.
Brazilian midfielder Emerson will return to Italy to play for AC Milan after just one season with Real Madrid.
Of all Real Madrid's 30 Spanish titles, the one they clinched last weekend was perhaps the most hard-fought and the most savored.
David Beckham trained with Real Madrid again Friday and is expected to start in the title-deciding match against Mallorca -- his final game before joining the Los Angeles Galaxy.
"The proof our technical team was right in not considering his continuity has been ratified as nobody wanted him." -- Real Madrid president Ram�n Calder�n, January 2007
Spanish football fans dismayed by their country's failure to produce a single Champions League semifinalist for the second time in three years do at least have the distraction of an enthralling battle for the Liga title to look forward to.
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello said on Sunday that neither he nor the club would consent to releasing David Beckham early so that he could join his new American club Los Angeles Galaxy.
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello is facing an uncertain future after his side's elimination from the Champions League by Bayern Munich.
David Beckham was sent off in stoppage time in Real Madrid's 0-0 home draw with lowly Real Betis in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello hopes that England manager Steve McClaren will follow his example and recall David Beckham to his squad.
David Beckham scored with a stunning free kick as he returned to Real Madrid's starting line-up in a 2-1 Primera Liga victory at Real Sociedad on Saturday.
It's been two weeks, and David Beckham's move to a Galaxy far, far away is still the talk of the town in England. But which town?
When Real Madrid hired Fabio Capello last summer, it was looking for a "sure thing" -- a big-name coach who would cut through the B.S., tame the Galácticos (or what was left of them) and deliver some kind of silverware. Any kind.
David Beckham will not play again for Real Madrid after agreeing a move to the Los Angeles Galaxy, Real coach Fabio Capello has revealed.
Real Madrid were held to a goalless draw away at struggling Real Betis in their King's Cup last 16 first leg on Thursday.
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has said he is not about to throw in the towel after the side's recent loss of form.
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon met coach Fabio Capello and sporting director Pedja Mijatovic for urgent talks on Monday after the team's second straight defeat in the Spanish league.
Real Madrid midfielder Guti has bee handed a two-match ban by the Spanish Football Federation's Competitions Committee after being sent off against Racing Santander at the weekend.
Ronaldo's stop-start season is on hold again after the Brazil striker strained the lateral ligament in his left knee during Real Madrid's 5-1 King's Cup victory over Ecija on Thursday night.
New-look Real Madrid started the season disappointingly when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Villarreal at the Bernabeu on Sunday.
New Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has ruled out an approach for Brazilian ace by AC Milan or his former club Inter.
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has warned Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen about his behavior after Tuesday's bust-up with team-mate Robinho in training.
Veteran Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos has decided he wants to stay at Spanish giants Real Madrid after talking to new coach Fabio Capello, according to a newspaper report.
Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro completed his move to Real Madrid on Tuesday when he signed a three-year contract.
Real Madrid are targeting another three signings following the arrival of Juventus pair Emerson and Fabio Cannavaro, coach Fabio Capello has said.
Real Madrid will sign six or seven new players to strengthen their squad ahead of next season, according to newly elected club president Ramon Calderon.
Fabio Capello is to take charge at Real Madrid for the second time, the Spanish giants revealed on their Web site on Wednesday.
Fabio Capello has resigned as Juventus coach, the crisis-ridden Serie A champions have announced.
Italian champions Juventus, immersed in match-fixing allegations, have named coach Fabio Capello as their new general manager, with responsibility for transfer policy.
Italian champions Juventus are hoping that the return of Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved can inspire a comeback victory over Arsenal in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal return.
England's Sven-Goran Eriksson and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho are among seven names put forward as candidates to become Real Madrid's new coach.
Juventus coach Fabio Capello, who said recently he intends to stay with the Italian club for the coming season, has admitted his dream is to coach England.
Roy Makaay scored twice as Bayern Munich beat Rapid Vienna 4-0 in Champions League Group A and book their place in the last 16 on Tuesday.
French striker David Trezeguet scored twice for Juventus as they beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in their Champions League Group A battle of the giants in Turin.
Juventus cruised to a 3-0 win over Rapid Vienna in Champions League Group A on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two for the Italian champions.
French international striker Djibril Cisse could return to the Liverpool team during their Champions League quarterfinal against Juventus in Turin, even though he may be less than 70 percent fit.
French international striker David Trezeguet has signed a new four-year contract with Serie A giants Juventus.
Roma moved quickly to replace Fabio Capello, naming Cesare Prandelli as their new coach on Saturday.
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