Football Weekly Extra: What next?
Well, what a show we have for you today. In fact, some of it was so above average that we filmed it.James Richardson's got Barry Glendenning, Amy Lawrence and John Ashdown on hand to discuss the England national team's escalating crisis. Fabio Capello...
An England manager’s essential quality: be different from the last one | Chris Taylor
History shows that the new man at the reins of the national game should have as little in common as possible with his predecessorContinuity, as we know, is the key to success but when it comes to England managers the rule of thumb seems to be to that t...
Parker or Gerrard, and other questions facing England’s new manager | Louise Taylor
Whoever the FA appoint to succeed Fabio Capello will have an in-tray full of issues to settle ahead of Euro 2012The captaincyScotty or StevieG, Lamps or, moving a little bit left field, Wazza? The installation of Terry's successor is a priority. If Ger...
Africa Cup of Nations 2012: Zambia book date with destiny | Jonathan Wilson
For the final against Ivory Coast, Zambia return to Libreville – the scene of the 1993 disaster that wiped out the national team – having outwitted a complacent GhanaAt the final whistle, John Boye, Samuel Inkoom and Prince Tagoe stood, shirtless a...
Fabio Capello’s England resignation fallout – as it happened
• Stuart Pearce named caretaker manager• FA say preference is for next long-term manager to be EnglishHello everyone. And goodbye Fabio. So what now for England? The FA will begin answering that at a press conference scheduled to kick off at high ...
Harry Redknapp? Guus Hiddink? Who should be the next England manager? | Guardian writers
Guardian writers give their opinion on whether Harry Redknapp – or someone else – is the man to succeed Fabio CapelloWould you appoint Harry Redknapp as England manager? If not, who would you choose?Stuart JamesI think it's a no-brainer. It has to ...
David Cameron should steer clear of football | Michael White
The PM's got enough intractable problems of his own to deal with without worrying about the England football squadAs Alastair Campbell was moved to remind his followers on Twitter only the other day, I don't know as much about football as he does. In t...
Classic YouTube | The worst free-kicks ever, rallying road rage and a one-handed six
This week's round-up also features Sinisa Mihajlovic, maverick pool tricks and cycle-skating Frenchmen from 19231) Contenders for the worst free-kick ever: No1, No2, No3, No4, No5, No6, No7, No8. No9 and No10. Or is it one from Leo Messi or Cristiano R...
Fabio Capello leaves England with few regrets on either side
The Italian's handling of the John Terry situation shows that he never really understood the way English football worksFabio Capello never bothered to learn much English, or much about England. His £6m a year was not enough to interest him greatly in ...
Fabio Capello resigns as England manager – as it happened | Gregg Roughley
Fabio Capello has resigned as England coach and Harry Redknapp, the Spurs manager, is favourite to succeed him. Read the immediate news and reaction to the decision7.46pm: Evening. Well, Fabio Capello has resigned as the England manager. I'll have news...
Miracle man Kalusha Bwalya behind Zambia’s rise as they take on Ghana | Jonathan Wilson
The Zambia team facing Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals has been almost six years in the planning, with Kalusha Bwalya the main architectLook at all that is good about Zambian football and you will see the hand of Kalusha Bwalya. He score...
Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey may be better together than apart
Conventional thought suggests Donovan and Dempsey don't play well together for the USA. The stats show otherwiseSomehow the scribes write about a rivalry, contrived though it may be. With Donovan in the Premier League temporarily, the recent clash betw...
