# England World Cup squad named: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061 "2002-05-09T12:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/81 "2002-05-15T12:52:29Z")
please include me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/82 "2002-05-15T13:12:36Z")
already done OST. If people would like to start submitting their predictions for the first 24 matches (section 1 of our competition) on the thread above, I can start the collating etc. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/83 "2002-05-15T13:17:28Z")
Is Ian Duncan Smiff really a yid? If he’s got a season tickey I suspect he’ll be in the same stand as yours truly (west Upper - a snip at £875). I can’t see him in the Paxton. But it could get worse, this XI could come back: ``` Mimms ``` Edinburgh Scott Vega Fenwick Cundy Dozzell Gray Berti ``` Rozenthal Brazil. ``` Subs from: Daines Tramazzani Thomas Chidozie Mahorn Sherwood ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/84 "2002-05-15T13:24:06Z")
Don’t forget John Pratt. God know’s _I’ve_ tried… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/85 "2002-05-15T13:33:51Z")
are you forgetting the wonder that was John Scales, or perhaps Warren Barton? ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/86 "2002-05-15T13:38:03Z")
Scales only played about a dozen games, looked good, then injured for ever. Do you think Ipswich will ever forgive us for that deal? I quite liked John Pratt (putting me in a very small minority). I liked his attitude in a similar way to Freund. He was absolutely pony though, wasn’t he? I met him recently at a Spurs bash. I didn’t have much to say to him, but I can confirm that he has been on a non stop pie eating course since retirement. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/87 "2002-05-16T06:25:09Z")
Count me in, too, please! ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/88 "2002-05-16T13:08:55Z")
Hey guys, after a 48 year break we are in the World Cup!!😃 And Turkey has the best team in its history…so we might make it all the wa to the quarter finals if the guys play up to their potential…🙂 Please add my name to the game sheet, I will have a great time trying to predict the game results 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061/89 "2002-05-16T13:25:39Z")
Not a bad effort by Zidane last night :eek: I see Bobby Robson is saying Dyer shoud be fit in 10 days or so. Phew… Welcome aboard to **ricepad** and **Watermelon Man**. I don’t know enough about Turkey at this point but I imagine we’re all feeling really optimistic…I wish your lot well. **For those new to the game** , I found it helpful (last time) if everyone listed their predictions all at once **and** in date order. So, **last time** a sample post was: Belgium v Italy **0 - 2** - bolding your predictions all the way down Sweden v Turkey 1 - 1 Czech Republic v France 0 - 2 Denmark v Holland 0 - 3 Romania v Portugal 1 - 2 England v Germany 1 - 1 Slovenia v Spain 0 - 3 Norway v Yugoslavia 0 - 2 Belgium v Turkey 1 - 0 Sweden v Italy 1 - 1 Germany v Portugal 1 - 0 Romania v England 1 - 2 Yugoslavia v Spain 2 - 2 Slovenia v Norway 1 - 0 Holland v France 1 - 2 Demark v Czech Republic 0 - 1 If you look at **Twisty’s** [thread for this World Cup](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=115214), you’ll see a list of all the matches in his OP - a little cut an’ paste of those into your post…etc…you know how it works. Is that any good for you, **Twisty**?..just trying to be helpful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/england-world-cup-squad-named/108061.md?page=4)