- 1. Pressure off Slovenia but they could surprise England ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images Despite losing star player Kevin Kampl, controversially to fatigue, Slovenia’s defeat of Slovakia in their previous match means they can relax a bit against Gareth Southgate’s ...
- Created on 11 October 2016
- 2. Scotland settle in to life as the warm-up act with only tiny glimmers of hope
- (Stories)
- ... SFA chief executive Stewart Regan, who claimed reaching Euro 2020 was Scotland’s priority because Hampden is a tournament venue. This explains why, after October’s draw in Slovenia ensured a national ...
- Created on 04 June 2018
- 3. Scotland’s record of glorious failure perfect for Russia 2018 qualifying process
- (Stories)
- ... and, against Poland and England, coming from behind to lead with sublime goals: the roof is always lifted off the stadium before it collapses in on us. So, away to Slovenia in October’s final group match, ...
- Created on 04 September 2017
- 4. Gordon Strachan’s calm can help Scotland to symbolic win over England
- (Stories)
- ... thrashed in Trnava last month, Joe Hart’s goalkeeping in Slovenia partially masked England dropping points. Strachan saved himself in 2008 by exploiting left-field circumstances. The postponement of ...
- Created on 10 November 2016
- 5. Weekly Howl 14-10-16
- (2016)
- ... Slovenia without him in the starting lineup. It's almost as if the problems go deeper than one player. --- Badge of the week ~ Security Systems XI, Botswana What you see here is not an origina ...
- Created on 14 October 2016
- 6. Slovakia look to kickstart campaign against Scotland
- (Stories)
- ... defeats to England and Slovenia are not so much their biggest problem at the moment as a symptom of it. Since their departure from France after their creditable Euro 2016 showing, discipline and harmony ...
- Created on 10 October 2016
- 7. Scotland need to turn to Wales for inspiration
- (Stories)
- ... second round, Poland the quarter-finals and Germany the semis, Scotland are in fact just outside UEFA’s top 16. But this World Cup group, also featuring Slovakia, Slovenia and Lithuania, leaves no excuses. ...
- Created on 03 September 2016
- 8. Algeria and South Korea preview ~ World Cup 2014
- (World Cup 2014)
- The 2014 Algeria team are seen as more talented than their 2010 counterparts but younger and less experienced. Les Verts have a poor record against non-African opposition, the 2-0 win over Slovenia in ...
- Created on 17 June 2014
- 9. Messi and co must live up to big Argentina expectations
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... the Maracanã. The Napoli striker is recovering from an ankle injury and did not take part in either of the final two pre-tournament friendlies – comfortable wins against Trinidad and Slovenia – with Ezequie ...
- Created on 15 June 2014
- 10. A football ramble
- (Fan culture)
- ... ndard we could have chosen. Seven of the 22 clubs we have visited are now playing at a lower level than when we attended, while four have ceased to exist in their previous form. Slovenia's Olimpija Lj ...
- Created on 01 May 2012
- 11. Flood risks
- (Media)
- ... and ITV offered live World Cup games online for free. England's win over Slovenia saw the BBC website clock 1.5 million people, presumably in offices across the land, watching simultaneously. But perhaps ...
- Created on 21 April 2011
- 12. Weekly Howl 19-11-10
- (2010)
- ... Championship, held in Sweden. However, during the summer of 1991 the republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared independence and the ensuing conflict resulted in both the break-up of the multi-ethnic Yugoslav ...
- Created on 23 November 2010
- 13. Cup of good hope
- (Europe)
- ... next game, with a 2-1 win in Slovenia against Rudar Velenje, but they lost their third game by the same score at home to Osters of Sweden watched by 2,183. In Tottenham's final game, they lost 8-0 awa ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 14. Caught in the net
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... the internet had to say about South Africa 2010, which filled the time until 12.30, and then the first game. It was as early as Algeria v Slovenia that the awful truth dawned: not only had the internet ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 15. World Cup 2010 TV diary – Group stages
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... though, it’s the same nervous and disjointed England that has turned out at every match since qualification. June 13 Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 “Our knowledge of these teams is limited,” Shearer says ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 16. Cheap joke
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... triumphalism that followed England’s win over Slovenia, someone called Jack Whitehall (an instantly loathsome fluff-bearded whelp with a voice so hatefully smug and plummy he may have been a Class War ...
- Created on 21 August 2010
- 17. Weekly Howl 25-06-10
- (2010)
- ... been virtually obliterated by an ill-advised bag of chips along the way. --- from Andy Robinson "The green zig-zag pattern on Slovenia's shirts is meant to represent the mountains for which the ...
- Created on 13 July 2010
- 18. Weekly Howl 05-03-10
- (2010)
- ... The following image has our man impersonating Atlas, the primordial Titan who held the very world up with his hands. In Slovenia, impersonating ancient deities is a more common leisure pursuit than in ...
- Created on 11 March 2010
- 19. Seeds of change
- (World Cup 2010)
- ... on that advantage, they’ve now been handed another one. Contrariwise, after facing the 2006 winners twice in their group, Ireland must now beat the 2006 runners-up merely to qualify. Slovenia, once again ...
- Created on 21 December 2009
- 20. An Italian's job
- (International football)
- ... hails from the Bisàsco region, near the border with Slovenia), the former Real Madrid boss had been steadily winning over a new breed of fans during a stint as guest pundit on state broadcaster RAI’s Domenica ...
- Created on 21 February 2008
