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Cllr Bob Piper 7 Jan 11
The euphoria of the Sydney Test celebrations was tinged with sadness for one member of the victorious touring party.
The previous day Paul Collingwood had announced it was to be his last Test match and as he celebrated with the rest of the squad, kissing his cap badge in front of the barmy army he knew this was the last time.
Shep or Colly was the cricketing equivalent of Kevin Keegan. Not the most naturally gifted batsman nor bowler, but someone who applied himself fully and maximised every ounce of the talent he had to reach the very highest points of the game…
Cricket
Derek Pringle Telegraph 29 Dec 10
Eng (513) beat Aus (98 and 258) by innings & 157 runs
The Ashes remain in England’s moral, as well as literal, custody until 2013 after an emphatic innings victory in Melbourne.
England have retained the Ashes on Australian soil for the first time since 1986, an era that now seems washed in sepia, albeit with colourful flashes of Ian Botham’s mullet. Their victory here by an innings and 157 runs was a neat echo of the win Mike Gatting’s side had on the same ground 24 years and a day ago, when Andrew Strauss, England’s victorious leader, and another Middlesex captain, was just nine years old…
Football
BBC Sport 29 Jul 10
England 3 Turkey 0
Rachel Yankey celebrated her 100th cap with a goal as England eased to three points against Turkey and went top of their World Cup qualifying group.
Hope Powell’s team will still have to get through a play-off tie to reach next year’s finals in Germany…
Football
Express & Star 29 Jul 10
Walsall lass Rachel Unitt today declared England’s squad as the best yet.
The Walsall-born left-back is set to make her homecoming in tonight’s World Cup qualifier (7pm) against Turkey with the Lionesses a win away from topping Group Five…
Football
Express & Star 27 Jul 10
England women’s manager Hope Powell has fired a World Cup warning to her team and insisted -’Don’t get sloppy.’
The national side host Turkey at the Banks’s Stadium in their penultimate World Cup qualifier on Thursday, just a win away from claiming top spot in Group 5 after an an unbeaten qualifying campaign…
Football
Advertiser 22 Jul 10
Walsall’s Rachel Unitt returns to her hometown next week hoping to keep her scoring streak going – and help England Women take a giant stride towards the 2011 World Cup.
Left-back Unitt – who grew up in Bentley – has regained her place in coach Hope Powell’s starting XI over the past few months after an ankle injury cost the 28-year-old her spot for a while…
Football
BBC Sport 14 May 10
The England women’s team is returning to Walsall’s Banks’s Stadium to face Turkey in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday July 29.
Previously Hope Powell’s side beat Belarus 4-0 in Walsall in 2007 in front of 8,632 spectators…
News
BBC News 21 Sep 09
Some of the biggest names in football are to attend a service of thanksgiving at Durham Cathedral for the former England manager Sir Bobby Robson…
Football
Daily Mail 15 Sep 09
With the dust settled on England’s World Cup qualifier against Croatia, Sportsmail looks at the worst players to have pulled on a shirt for the Three Lions and coming in at number one is a former Saddler…
Football
Walsall MAD 13 Sep 09
The Sunday Mercury reveals plans of Birmingham’s host city bid within the 2018 wider World Cup bid. Key to Birmingham’s bid is using all the facilities in the West Midlands, including the Banks’s stadium…