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Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor replaces Gary Cahill for San Marino game

March 19, 2013 – 6:42 pm

Roy Hodgson and England have suffered yet another injury problem in the build-up to the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying matches against San Marino and Montenegro. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill has been ruled out of the first of the two matches with an injury but will be reassessed ahead of the visit to Montenegro next Tuesday.

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England

Former England, Newcastle United and Ipswich Town manager honoured with Sir Bobby Robson Day

January 17, 2013 – 5:28 pm

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.

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One Cap

You’ve Only Got One Cap: Joey Barton v Spain, 2007

August 21, 2012 – 9:18 pm

Steve McClaren’s spell as England manager was a low point for all concerned. McClaren, promoted from within the England staff, was well respected as a coach and would go on to win the Dutch Eredivisie title with FC Twente after leaving the national team post. Under his tutelage England failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008, an occurrence that has thankfully been quite rare in recent years. The mercifully brief McClaren era’s true nadir came at the end – Croatia, Scott Carson and an umbrella saw to that – but in February 2007 the calls for his head were already increasing in volume and frequency.

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England

Statue of Bobby Robson unveiled at Newcastle United

May 6, 2012 – 7:18 pm

At nine and a half feet, the statue of former England manager Bobby Robson stands tall over supporters of Newcastle United after it was unveiled outside St James’ Park before the Magpies’ Premier League match against prospective champions Manchester City this afternoon.

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England Greats

England Greats: Kevin Keegan

March 28, 2012 – 11:24 am

Not all England Greats enjoy the international careers their ability and reputations deserve. The 1970s were a notoriously slim period for England, whose FIFA World Cup exit in 1970 ended their spell as world champions and began a decade of qualifying campaigns that did nothing whatsoever to lift the increasingly disillusioned political mood at home.

Kevin Keegan‘s England career overlapped with the team’s darkest decade, but he remains a player we should look back upon with a good deal of pride.