Featured Posts
Join the Conversation
Gadsby’s England Podcast

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.
(Smokey and the Bandit still courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Latest Posts
We Saw the Man Entire in Five Minutes
𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮'𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮'𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 He is three years old, the fifth of eight children. He lives in Villa Fiorito, a poverty-stricken shantytown south of Buenos Aires. The stunted...
Foden breaks the ice after England’s disappointing week of good performances
England 4-0 Iceland Rice (20'), Mount (24'), Foden (80', 84') Saevarsson (OFF 54') England knew they were finishing 3rd. Iceland knew they were finishing 4th. This was a dead rubber, a dead rubber so dead it was practically fossilised. Mind you – it still had a little...
England get the maths right, but physics need improvement
Belgium 2-0 England Tielemans (10'), Mertens (23') The Premier League has come to feel like the semi-spiritual home of the Belgium national team. Philippe Albert, Vincent Kompany, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen – some of the greatest...
England 3-0 Republic of Ireland: England leave Ireland green with envy in first win since 1985
England 3-0 Republic of Ireland Maguire (18'), Sancho (31'), Calvert-Lewin (56' pen) If England’s 54 years of major tournament hurt are excruciating heartache, the 35 years without victory over Ireland were a nagging headache. Enter England’s Nurofen footballer: Jack...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 7
Just like that, all's right with the world. Chelsea? Doesn’t know how to concede a goal. Manchester City? Dominated a struggling Blades side that was lucky to concede only one goal. Liverpool? Clawed their way back from a 1-0 deficit to take all three points and...
The Duality of Nobby Stiles
Slowly, as the years perform their terrible dance, we are losing them. Nobby Stiles passed away on Friday, 30 October, after a battle with both late-stage dementia and prostate cancer. Illness is no 50-50. If it was, Nobby would still be with us, his afflictions...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 6
Despite already equaling a third of last season’s losses and draws in their first six matches, Liverpool are back in first place (tied with Everton). On a day where they did not look particularly convincing, Klopp’s side forced their way to three points against a...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 5
What a week. And I know I said that last week, but really, what a week. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Leicester all dropped points. Kepa is no longer Chelsea’s starting keeper. He’s not even their second string. Hell, he’s not even their *third* string,...
Match Report: England 0-1 Denmark – Grealish Questions Will Linger, But Ten Men and a Soft Penalty Should Deem Inevitable Overreaction Unjust
It was a tight set from England. They played all the classics: Danger Down the Right, Shaky Between the Sticks (Jordan's Little Arms), and everyone’s favourite chart-topper, Soul-Crushing Disappointment. With club football in a vomit-inducing, Big Picture tailspin,...
Match Report: England 2-1 Belgium – England pedal back early blow and Mount excellently-crafted comeback
FT: England 2-1 Belgium HT: 1-1 (Lukaku 16”) (Rashford 39” pen) (Mount 64”) Following England often feels less like watching competitive sport and more like a fact-finding mission to find out how good the national team really are. Belgium are the best team in the...
Match Report: England 3-0 – Unseasoned England Muzzle the Welsh Dragon
Thursday 8 OCT Wembley Stadium, London Full-time:England 3:0 Wales Calvert-Lewin (26' minutes), Coady (53' minutes) Ings (63' minutes) There were no velvet-throated Welsh there to sing away the sorrow. There were no space-hopper-bellied English to glory in the...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 4
What a week. To someone new to the Premier League, the big six clubs would have been Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Everton. Manchester United were slaughtered. Liverpool got trounced. Let me rephrase that: Liverpool got beaten so badly that...