England Roar Past Tiny Andorra



Ok, not much of a test; a 5-0 pasting in their Euro 2008 qualifier against a tiny little country with near-zero class historically on the football pitch.

But if Sven had managing England for this game no doubt it'd have been a 1-0 nailbiter or even an upset loss.

Andorra, land of the duty free shopping, is no football factory, ranked 132nd in world football.

Under the new McClaren Era, two victories out of two, nine goals scored and none conceded. Hard to beat that.

But hey, not even the England side could outdo the Scots, who poured six goals in against the Faroe Islands in winning 6-0.


Just one of the ten million goals the Scots poured into the Faroes' goal...

And frankly, neither the Faroes nor Andorra belong in the qualifying groups for Euro 2008 - this match was a bigger waste than a friendly, needlessly tiring EPL stars many of whom will also be playing extra European matches in the Uefa Cup and Champions League.

My only question is where is Greenland in the scheme of things? How come places like the bloody Faroe Islands and Andorra even have national football teams and yet Greenland has none? Greenland is neither a member of FIFA, UEFA and therefore is not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship, that's why. And why aren't they a member of any of those groups? What are they trying to say that Andorra and Faroe, can't?

Andorra's home stadium holds like 1500 people so England will play Andorra's "home" match in Spain. And look,

this is the mighty Faroe football stadium.

And this is Nuuk Stadion in Greenland, small wonder:



Horribly derailed about the England victory however - it's difficult to work oneself into much of a lather about such a matchup. The only thing to be proven is that England are playing more like we wished they'd have been playing in the World Cup, slashing dreary opponents and scoring goals in mind.

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It's probably still too early to count the Red Sox out of the postseason but the White Sox maintained their fragile hold on the AL wildcard with a victory over the Royals to keep them 1/2 game ahead of the Twins, who knocked down the Yankees. And with the Tigers losing to the Angels, their lead over the White Sox shrunk to 4 1/2 games.

Don't look now but with yet another victory the Dodgers now have a better record than the St Louis Cardinals who hold their grip on the NL Central soley due to a distinct lack of competition.

The Padres still lead the NL Wildcard race over the Reds, Astros and Phillies by one a half games over the Reds.

The Mets have the best record in baseball.