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Gadsby reviews England’s final World Cup qualifying week. Plus, one year away, who’s in, who’s out, who’s maybe? Gadsby looks at the current state of play on the road to Qatar.
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An American Take on England – MW 15
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England’s Heroes Face One Final Challenge to Become Legends
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England Tear Ukraine Apart
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England shatter 55 years of glass ceilings in 90 minutes; a new dome awaits
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England Win One To Forget, To Create One Never To Be Forgotten
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Scotland Rise To The Occasion and Smother England With Doubt
𝚄𝙴𝙵𝙰 𝙴𝚄𝚁𝙾 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝙳𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝟶:𝟶 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘳,𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘣𝘺’𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘣𝘺’𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘺 One of the England fans’ favourite chants is “Scotland get battered everywhere they go”. After outplaying England for...
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Don’t prime the confetti cannons just yet. The headline is another three points and another international break navigated without damage beyond the paintwork. But this was a match which finished with Jesse Lingard and Dominic Calvert-Lewin – two bewilderingly late...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 22
Guys, guys...I leave for one month, and you let Lampard get sacked and West Ham into the top six?? Who let Arsenal into the top 10? CHELSEA lost to Arsenal 3-1? Did Mourinho fall off a cliff, or was it just Tottenham that fell off a cliff? The city of Manchester is...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 12-14
I’m starting to sympathize with Klopp - the amount of fixtures crammed into seven days is insane! Unfortunately for me, I can’t get mad at the journalists for scheduling them the way they’re scheduled…What I can do, however, is fit three matchweeks worth of action...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 11
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An American Take on England: Matchweek 10
After almost a month of slacking (international break, plus traveling, plus Thanksgiving, ok?), An American Take has returned - just in time for the Premier League to pass the 25% milestone in this campaign! It was a rollercoaster of a week, so let’s dive in. At the...