Category Archives: Vice Chancellor’s Memo

Fabio Capello will name a provisional 28-man England World Cup squad on May 16th. After two friendlies, against Mexico and Japan, the final 23 for South Africa 2010 will be announced on 1st June. However, it’s important that intense and … Continue reading →

England’s football fans have spoken! World Cup College has harnessed and aggregated the thoughts of its readers to yield a democratically selected England team. As part of our group-mind team selector experiment, a massive 12 people picked their favoured England … Continue reading →

Fabio Capello should pick as close to his first XI as possible for the friendly against Egypt tomorrow. The murkiest area with regard to first-choice personnel is defence. A SWOT analysis shows that the goalkeeping role is England’s key weakness … Continue reading →

Fabio Capello will name his England squad this weekend for the friendly against Egypt (at Wembley on Wednesday, 3rd March). This is the only fixture before the pre-tournament warm-up games; therefore Capello doesn’t have much opportunity to be radical. However, … Continue reading →

Fabio Capello’s vision for England has appeared unwavering from early in the qualifiers. The approach and favoured personnel have been pretty well established from the first round of qualifiers in autumn 2008. Capello favours a secure central midfield with Gareth … Continue reading →

My name is Dr Dassie Rat and I’m the Vice Chancellor of World Cup College (WCC). This is an elite institution* which sets out to explore the deepest underpinnings of football. Our faculties, Arts and Law, Social Science, Physical Sciences, … Continue reading →

After three more games of World Cup qualifiers, three more victories keep England well on track for South Africa 2010. On paper things are looking very healthy with Fabio Capello overseeing a record-breaking English campaign. Since the last batch of … Continue reading →

With four victories and +12 goal difference, uncritical acceptance of the World Cup qualifier stats suggests that England are currently the best team in Europe. With a friendly win over Germany also in the bag, it’s about time we analysed … Continue reading →