England seemed to have had a decent draw in the 2014 World Cup draw, which took place in host country Brazil, tonight.
England were drawn against Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, and San Marino in Group H of the draw.
Scotland and Wales were drawn against each other in Group A, and will play Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, and Macedonia.
Northern Ireland will face Portugal, Russia, Israel, Azerbaijan and Luxembourg in Group F.
The group winners are automatically guaranteed a place in the Finals in Brazil in three years time, and 13 places are available for European teams.
The eight second-placed teams with the best records will take part in play-offs against each other, to go through to the Finals.
Ireland were drawn against Germany, Sweden, Austria, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan in Group C.
England will be led by a new manager after the European Championships next year in Poland and Ukraine, and it could even be an English manager, what a concept!
The leading contender for the job is probably Harry Redknapp of Tottenham, and he is likely to succeed Fabio Capello, who will relinquish the England post after the European Championship next summer.
Comments welcome.
8 comments so far
pizzicatochan
Jul 30, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Comment #1Ed, are you going to write about the NUFC reserved game that both Ranger and Inman scored twice?
kilcline
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Comment #2Poland at home will be like an away game.
pizzicatochan
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:07 PM
Comment #3http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110730/pedro-spenny-test-just-champion_2281670_2406053
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110730/brads-two-good-for-moors_2281670_2406051
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110730/ranger-ill-keep-scoring_2281670_2406080
Tonytoon73
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Comment #4kilcline @2 lmfao
Andy
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Comment #5http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/West-Ham-Kevin-Nolan-Newcastle-I-was-heartbroken-to-leave-article778873.html
Interesting
GeordieToon89
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Comment #6wher bound to be only the 2nd nation in history to ever get beat off San Marino, we’l beat them about 5 or 6-0 at Wembley but get beat at they place
GeordieToon89
Jul 30, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Comment #7Kevin Nolan – Legend.. Was great for us played with his heart on his sleeve did everything we could of asked and was our top scorer over the 2 seasons… Good Luck Super Kev.!
Chaz
Jul 31, 2011 at 8:07 AM
Comment #8This is the sort of qualifying group that we should walk AND be able to ‘blood’ a lot of the younger lads at the same time! Probably means we’ll struggle and just limp through!
😉