Post by QPR Report on Mar 28, 2009 7:45:37 GMT
From the Londonist
"....However, even that generous deal is put in the shade by our football bargain of the week, if not the year, which comes at 7pm on Tuesday evening at Loftus Road, home of Queens Park Rangers, where £5 (£3 in advance) will get you in to see England's very occasional Under 20s play their Italian counterparts in a reprise of last summer's European Championship qualifier between the two squads. Londonist was very enthusiastic about this group of England players when we saw them at Under 17 level against the USA. Of that group, Theo Walcott has quickly become a household name, but surely the imperious James Tomkins of West Ham cannot be far behind him as in recent weeks he's been showing his quality in cementing a first team place with the Hammers. Three years ago we compared him to Rio Ferdinand and Bobby Moore and these days we see him as a future full England captain. Daniel Sturridge is also a top quality player who may soon grace a London club's first team strike force if Manchester City's mega millions price him out of a chance at Eastlands.
West Ham will provide forward Freddie Sears to the squad as well, but their contingent is outnumbered by the Chelsea trio of Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork and the livewire Scott Sinclair, while Arsenal and Fulham provide a player each in Kieran Gibbs and Chris Smalling respectively. See them all now and brag about it to your friends when they're the core of the 2014 World Cup squad.
londonist.com/2009/03/varsity_and_england_football_at_bar.php
"....However, even that generous deal is put in the shade by our football bargain of the week, if not the year, which comes at 7pm on Tuesday evening at Loftus Road, home of Queens Park Rangers, where £5 (£3 in advance) will get you in to see England's very occasional Under 20s play their Italian counterparts in a reprise of last summer's European Championship qualifier between the two squads. Londonist was very enthusiastic about this group of England players when we saw them at Under 17 level against the USA. Of that group, Theo Walcott has quickly become a household name, but surely the imperious James Tomkins of West Ham cannot be far behind him as in recent weeks he's been showing his quality in cementing a first team place with the Hammers. Three years ago we compared him to Rio Ferdinand and Bobby Moore and these days we see him as a future full England captain. Daniel Sturridge is also a top quality player who may soon grace a London club's first team strike force if Manchester City's mega millions price him out of a chance at Eastlands.
West Ham will provide forward Freddie Sears to the squad as well, but their contingent is outnumbered by the Chelsea trio of Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork and the livewire Scott Sinclair, while Arsenal and Fulham provide a player each in Kieran Gibbs and Chris Smalling respectively. See them all now and brag about it to your friends when they're the core of the 2014 World Cup squad.
londonist.com/2009/03/varsity_and_england_football_at_bar.php