We begin our countdown to Euro 2008, by having a quiz on previous editions of the tournament.
Here is a quiz on Euro 2004. Please post your answers as comments, or e-mail me using the contact page, and I’ll let you know how well you have done.
European Championships
Euro 2008 groups announced
Here are the groups for next summer’s European Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland.
The draw was held in the Swiss town of Lucerne, and a host of great names from yesteryear participated in conducting it- Peter Schmeichel, Didier Deschamps, Franz Beckenbauer, Dino Zoff and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Group A : Switzerland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Portugal
England’s Euro dreams shattered, McLaren shown the door
To track the last time that England failed to qualify for a major international event, we need to turn the clock a decade and a half back to USA ’94. England finished third behind Norway and Netherlands in their group, and as a result never made the trip across the Atlantic. This time around, Steve McLaren’s boys went into the last round of games needing just a single point to go through. That point would not have been necessary had Andorra managed to hold Russia or even beat them. Andorra were the weakest team in the group, and nothing much could be expected from them. And therefore England had all to play for against Croatia, and the game was at the Mecca of English football- Wembley.