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FIFA reckon England are better than Brazil and Portugal…

And Argentina and Mexico…

It’s 25 years since Maradona cheated England out of a second World Cup

GOOOOOOOOAL!

Plenty of important stuff has happened on June 22 throughout history – slavery was outlawed in England back in 1772, Napoleon’s Grand Army invaded Russia in 1812 and [...]

England get a draw against Spain – encouraging signs?

A very tidy finish…

England U21s got their European Championship campaign off to a pretty decent start with a 1-1 draw with Spain.

They trailed for much of the [...]

Peter Crouch confirms he’s going to keep playing for England. Has it come to this?

Sit back on your throne, turn off your phone…

Just quickly, The Spoiler would like to repeat these quotes from Peter Crouch. Speaking to the BBC he said:

“I feel that whenever I’ve played for England, I’ve done well, so I felt maybe I’ve been slightly unfairly treated.

“Playing [...]

Have a delightful international weekend, Spoiler readers

Near, far, wherever you are…

Ask anyone handed the privilege of writing on The Spoiler what the toughest task is and they’ll tell you that it isn’t receiving abusive [...]

England are playing! Channel your excitement with a prediction contest!

Five teasing questions, only one winner (unless there’s a tie…)

The Spoiler can’t decide what’s worse: the thought of two practically football-free months, or the fact that the exception to such a barren period is an uninspiring England game at Wembley?

It should be the first, but [...]

Should Jack Wilshere go to the U21 World Cup with England?

Will we be seeing more of this?

The Spoiler has largely ignored this question until… Now! Mainly because we thought Stuart Pearce and his boys would have the common sense not to include Jack Wilshere in his squad for the Under 21 World Cup in Denmark this summer.

According [...]

Flippin’ hell! An England friendly that was actually good!

Homer Simpson with a flag 

There are some words that – when we see them in the Radio Times – are guaranteed to make The Spoiler turn the television off in anticipation of an evening of hellish boredom or teeth-grating tedium.

Some of those words include… ‘Vernon’, ‘Gear’, [...]