It was reported last week that Wembley Stadium, the home of the England national football team and the professional game’s showpiece finals, will be subject to a new naming rights deal with the 4G mobile network EE. According to Joe Hare’s story for The Telegraph, the venue will retain its name and be referred to as some variation of ‘Wembley Stadium in association with EE’.
If you follow the Football Association on Twitter, it will not have escaped your notice that the game’s governing body in England marked its 150th Anniversary yesterday. The glitzy shindig in London was accompanied by a seemingly endless bombardment of self-congratulatory tweets that made the FA come across like a kid with a new toy.
Happy new year! Now that’s out of the way, let’s face it: this time of year is more about football than anything else, and now Auld Lang Syne has been packed away for another twelve months the transfer window is open. I’m only bothered because my club team is rubbish and needs players, but there’s been a fair amount of England-based movement too.
I’ll begin with an apology. I haven’t bothered to share any links for a few weeks, and for that I know I should be ashamed. But I’m not, because there are valid reasons. Firstly, I’ve been busy preparing to launch our Wales site. (Oops, let that one slip by accident, there.) Secondly, there really hasn’t been that much England-related news of interest of late. Nevertheless, here is a short roundup for this week.
It’s been a chaotic week for England, with the Under-21s defeating Serbia twice to reach UEFA Euro 2013 and the senior side picking up four points from two FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers. Both endured trying circumstances. In Serbia, Stuart Pearce’s team found itself at the centre of a racism storm, while Roy Hodgson’s first team had their match in Poland delayed by 20 hours. Here’s some of the other news of the week.
Supporting the England national football team from a fresh perspective.
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