Tag Archives: Umbro

England Links

England Links: Nike’s diamond heist, Arsenal’s England complaints and Heskeymania

November 10, 2012 – 9:56 am

It’s been a long old week at TSC, and I’ve been distracted by match cancellations, concerts and midweek podcasting. England have rattled along, naming a squad for next week’s friendly in Sweden and being subject to the usual gossip, interviews and more. Here’s this week’s roundup – sorry for the delay, but I had more important things to do.

Tags Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Emile Heskey, Jack Wilshere, Michael Bridges, Newcastle Jets, Nike, Roy Hodgson, Umbro | Permalink | Comments Off

England Links

England Links: phone-hacking, Raheem Sterling’s commentary and Jack Wilshere is our saviour

October 26, 2012 – 1:35 pm

That goal Emile Heskey scored this morning, that wasn’t a bicycle kick. Seriously. Anyway, here’s all of this week’s England news wrapped up into one bitter and sarcastic post.

Tags Arsenal, Bobby Robson, Charles Hughes, Charles Reep, Graham Taylor, Iconix, Jack Wilshere, John Connelly, Liverpool, Nike, Poland, Raheem Sterling, Serbia, Sven-Goran Eriksson, The Mirror, Umbro, World Cup 1966 | Permalink | Comments Off

England Links

England Links: Liverpool skipper targets 2014, Manchester United legend says England can’t win the World Cup

September 7, 2012 – 12:30 pm

International breaks, eh? As soon as all our club teams had shuffled their packs at the end of the transfer window they were whisked away from us and replaced with the beginning of qualifying for FIFA World Cup 2014. While we’ve all been waiting to see the new signings in action, there’s been plenty going on in terms of England news.

Tags Bobby Charlton, Chelsea, FIFA World Cup 1990, FIFA World Cup 2014, Joe Hart, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Nike, Ryan Bertrand, Steven Gerrard, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Umbro | Permalink | Comments Off

Nike

Confirmed: England sponsorship deal for Nike

September 3, 2012 – 4:42 pm

Farewell, sweet Umbro. The worst kept secret in football is out: it was confirmed this morning that Nike have done a deal with the Football Association to become England’s new technical supplier. The new kits will be launched next spring.

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Friendlies

Match Preview: England v Belgium

May 30, 2012 – 7:54 pm

England’s final preparations for UEFA Euro 2012 will take place at Wembley this coming Saturday afternoon in the shape of a friendly match against Belgium. The game presents plenty of talking points, one of which is the testing of goal-line technology by the makers of Hawk-Eye.