England Supporters Club

Robert Lawson had “always dreamed of going to a World Cup to watch England” and now for the 19-year-old, thanks to winning an England Supporters Club competition, that dream is a reality. Robert won flights to Sao Paulo, accommodation in...

Everyone’s talking about the temperature and humidity in Manaus and of course it’s going to affect the players, but they will have gone through every method to make sure they are in the best possible condition to cope. I was reading that they were in saunas on their breaks and wearing jackets in training and that’s the same sort of things we tried to do in China at the 2007 World Cup. People talk...

When you grow up and Christmas loses its mystique the only thing that can fill that void is the World Cup. Now we are on the eve of the tournament I feel like a kid again and I’m all giddy about getting to watch a month of football. There’s...

And so to Rio de Janeiro, where warm up results will be quickly forgotten as hearts and minds concentrate on the games that really matter. Brazil’s former capital has already entered into the spirit of the World Cup – not just because the...

Following Wednesday's match we spent the evening out with a load of Ecuador supporters in the Clevelander club on South Beach. Interestingly enough, every member of their group lived in the US and had flown into Miami because it was a chance to see Premier League players. I suspect this was the case with most of the Ecuadorean support, living up to the saying 'you've only come to see the England!' The...