Football in England is a massive sport! English football is home to the Premiership, the biggest sporting league in the world!
It is named as the greatest show on Earth and has fans from all over the world!
Within England soccer has been such a big sport, after all it was England who developed and defined the modern game in 1863.
It was in 1966 that England had their greatest achievement in soccer, winning the world cup, with players like Jackie Charlton, Ray Wilson, Bobby Moor, Bobby Charlton and many more!
These maintain to be some of the biggest names within English football!
Their Home stadium is the Wembley stadium, and the English team have a nickname of The Three Lions, as a symbol of three lions appear on their crest.
In 1997 they reached their highest FIFA ranking on 4th place, which is a remarkable achievement, considering in 1996 they were ranked 27th!
The current Captain of the team is John Terry, who replaced David Beckham.
The England soccer team are currently competing in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, they are in Group E, along side Croatia, Russia, Israel, Macedonia, Estonia and Andorra, they currently are positioned third in their table with two games left to play, one against Russia and the second against Croatia.
Should they qualify for the European tournament they are in with a good chance of winning, with great names such as Steven Gerard, Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hardgreaves, Frank Lampard and Emile Heskey to name but a few of the talented players currently involved!
All of thee players actively play for clubs within the UK, such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle and many more!
Competing not only in the English Premiership, but also in UEFA Cup and Champions League!
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