Football Blues



Beckham quits as England captain

England pay the penalty after Rooney sees red

It was, in the end, not quite enough. Yet again England exited a major tournament after losing on penalties, leaving fans to think about what might have been following a dramatic game that saw Wayne Rooney shown the red card and David Beckham limp off early in the second half.

With England's World Cup hopes cruelly jettisoned, despite their spirited last-ditch stand at the Gelsenkirchen stadium, it's goodbye to Sven-Goran Eriksson, goodbye to the Wags and, in all probability, goodbye to what was England's best hope of World Cup glory for a generation.

England tried her best, but in the end it wasn't good enough as we are useless at Penalty Kicks, I think from now on we should outsource them to the Germans, who are brilliant at them. I'm glad Sven is going, I don't think he was a very good coach.

I was sad yesterday but now I am my usual self, one has to move on, no point dwelling on the past, beside there is the Tour de France to look forward too after the World Cup, junkies on bikes!