http://blog.ryanalewis.com/EN/index.html The England Blog written by Ryan A. Lewis. Everything you needed, wanted, and didn't want to know about England. Written by an Englishman 5000 Miles away from home. en-us Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 MST International Football http://blog.ryanalewis.com/EN/index.html#Clinched The past 7 days have brought both trial and tribulation in a way that Charles Dickens would have been proud of. After the tie against USA, which was in itself not the worst result that we could have started with, England was looking to have a bounce back against Algeria finishing strong with Slovenia. It was not to be... Fri, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 MST http://blog.ryanalewis.com/EN/index.html#Kickoff Well it's here, and it came so fast I can scarce believe it. It was only 4 years ago I was out in Germany watching the games from the pubs and bars. I was celebrating Switzerland making it out of the group stage with the Swiss in a pub; screaming number 1 in Baden Baden as England made it through; and flying home as Argentina crashed out: all great memories... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:00 MST http://blog.ryanalewis.com/EN/index.html#GroupC England has drawn quite a comfortable group, with USA being the only team that can offer a high position in the FIFA Rankings and in general player quality. Algeria struggled to get into the Cup, and so did Slovenia. We have already beaten both USA and Slovenia in friendly matches this year and in the prior year, so we can be confident of those victories... Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:00:00 MST