Football
Football has grabbed the headlines during the last few months as the lack of matches to watch live or on television left a big gap in many people’s lives and they are very happy it’s back!
One very famous gentleman, Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised an incredible £32 million for the NHS, was very happy to receive a visit from ex-England Captain David Beckham recently too and a framed England shirt!
So what are the recent football headlines?
The Premier League players are playing as usual although without the fans still as we write this and with constant testing. Grassroots football has returned and hopefully your school will allow you to play within new rules and guidelines. Read our FA approved guide to help you return to grassroots football here.
England men’s team announcement
Gareth Southgate, the England manager, has announced a squad of 24 players for some UEFA Nations League games this month.
England are playing Iceland on Saturday 5th September – you can watch it at 5 p.m on Sky Sports, and play Denmark on 8th September – again on Sky Sports at 7.45 p.m.
England haven’t played since November 2019!
The squad includes a first call up to the England senior squad for Phil Foden (Manchester City), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) and Jack Grealish (Aston Villa).
As well as Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Nick Pope (Burnley), Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Michael Keane (Everton), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Danny Ings (Southampton) James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Declan Rice ( West Ham Utd) and Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers).****
**** This squad is accurate as of 1/9/2020 but may change…
The Lionesses have a new manager.
Sarina Wiegman has been named as the new England Women’s head coach replacing Phil Neville in September 2021.
Sarina is an ex football player who played midfield for her country, the Netherlands, over 100 times! When she stopped playing she started out coaching grassroots football and eventually made it to coach the Netherlands! She has won FIFA’s Best Women’s Coach and the Netherlands won the EURO 2017 title and reached the 2019 World Cup final with her guidance. Exciting times ahead we hope for the Lionesses!
Fixture news just out!! The Lionesses have a confirmed match away vs Germany on Tuesday 27th October! So they will be getting together to train this month at St George’s Park.
The Barclays FA Women’s Super League and the Women's Championship also start 6th September.
