You Shall Go To The World Cup

In a display of mind boggling stupidity, the Argentine government is set to allow several hundred well known football hooligans (called the 'Barras Bravas') to travel to the 2010 World Cup Finals.This, apparently, is their reward for openly supporting the incumbent Prime Minister, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ahead of next year's elections.The justification for this piece of idiocy? It will, http://bit.ly/8Zwqv5

Who Next For The Ivory Coast

Not content with sacking a manager who lost only one match in 24, the Ivory Coast Football Federation seems to be making a bit of a meal of appointing a successor.Yesterday, it appeared that leading candidate Guus Hiddink had been named as manager for the 2010 World Cup campaign, but today it appears that this isn't actually the case. And, in fact, there is quite a way to go in negotiations.You http://bit.ly/bMkvIF

How To Get Into Your World Cup Squad

Are you a professional footballer? On the fringes of the international squad? Or an old pro who feels he can still 'do a job' for the team?Well, if you are, you might like to take a leaf out of South African defender Nasief Morris' book. Morris fell out with former South Africa coach Joel Santana and has tried to get back into the South Africa squad by begging current manager Carlos Parreira via http://bit.ly/ds7Xce

Worlds Largest England Shirt...More Sponsor Silliness

In a staggering display of pointless-ness, England team sponsor Nationwide have made up the world's largest England football shirt (huh?). And, for reasons that are clear only to their marketing department, they took it down to Portsmouth and displayed it on the flight deck of HMS Kent.I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know that they will be showing the shirt (signed by England legends like Peter

Whither England

Fabio Capello's England breezed through qualification with a host of genuinely world class players - Rooney, Terry, Gerrard - but now, three months ahead of the finals, the wheels have well and truly come off the England train.Firstly, even when David James is fully fit, England have no truly world class goalkeeper - Robert Green is a pretty solid 'keeper with, crucially, a good record at saving http://bit.ly/cdhkaF