England, South Africa 2010
England is the birthplace of modern football as we know it and the country also hosts the most competitive football league in the world and some of the richest clubs in the world. A former world cup champion, England has given us some of the biggest names and the most talented super stars of the game. However if anything, England has been one of the under achievers of World Cup football. It has been a good start to the FIFA World Cup 2010 with England already qualifying, having won the UEFA Group 6. England World Cup football tickets are always in great demand and 2010 looks to be no exception.
The England national football team is the oldest in the world and it was formed almost at the same time as the Scotland team. It is not surprising that the first international was played between these two countries on November 30th 1872 at Patrick in Scotland; the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
England has high hopes, as ever for South Africa 2010
Since those early days, the English national side’s highest scoring victory came against Ireland on February 18th 1882 where they won 13-0 and their biggest loss was against Hungary on May 23rd 1954 when they were defeated 1-7 at Budapest. To this day the game football remains England’s most popular sport arousing great passion in millions of fans. The English Premier League remains the most competitive and a magnet for the best players in the world.
Given the huge number of talented footballers who have come from England, the country have experienced limited success in the FIFA World Cup. England has appeared in 12 out of the 18 FIFA World Cup football tournaments, but the country has won the world cup just once in 1966. England’s nemesis is the quarter final stage where they have lost 6 times, the last time in 2006. It has to be mentioned here that there has been just 7 countries who have won the world cup football tournament and England has been one of them, which is of course no small achievement. Besides winning the tournament, England has progressed to the semi final stage once in 1990 where they finished 4th behind West Germany, Argentina and Italy.
In the European Championships, England’s performance has been worse. Out of the 13 championships, England has been able to qualify just 7 times out of which the country lost in the first round 4 times. England have never reached the finals.
England has already qualified to the 19th FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010 by winning the UEFA Group 6. This will be the fourth consecutive world cup football tournament appearance and the 13th time the team will be featuring in the finals. Currently the FIFA ranking for England is an impressive 7th. However the best ever was in September 2006 and then again in December 1997 when England was placed 4th.
The current England team is coached by the Italian Fabio Capello and the team includes Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and John Terry.
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