England - the home of football, the country with the greatest football heritage in the world, with the team packed with superstars, with the state of the art national stadium, and famous and proud history, ended up hoping the Andorra would equalise against Russia in order to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. Why?.....because we couldn’t beat teams like Croatia, Macedonia, Russia and Israel.

What an embarrassment! The only good thing i guess is that McClaren has now gone, so every cloud and all that. But, and it is a BIG 'BUT', through the midst of the disappointment comes the realisation that next years Euro 2008 championship in Switzerland and Austria has little interest to us England fans.

THINK AGAIN!!!

This group has been set up for all of us to keep an interest in Euro 2008, and what better way than supporting a team who are playing in it. The only remaining question was what team, but that wasn’t difficult really as it had to be Spain…..or England in the sun as I prefer to think of it.

Nearer the championships there will be an opportunity to purchase a Spanish supporter pack, but for now lets start getting behind Luis Aragones and the boys in the build up to the championships.

The plan is to follow Spain as we would England. That means getting a shirt, taking days off work to watch the build up and full match of any Spanish fixture, drinking San Miguel and eating paella.

Maximum respect to all ‘England in the sun’ fans who make the trip to Austria/Switzerland, and for all you supporters there will be a key phrases section to both help you to communicate to the locals, but also to communicate to your fellow Spanish supporters.

For example,

“I love Spain and think we will win the competition rather than getting knocked out on penalties”

In Spanish is…” Adoro España y pienso que ganaremos la competencia antes que ser eliminado en penas”

Whereas in Austira where they speak a lot of German they might say “Ich liebe Spanien und denke, dass wir werden gewinnen die Konkurrenz anstatt auf Strafen zu werden geherausschlagen”

…and in Switzerland where French is quite common (well lets hope so), they might say “J'aime l'Espagne et pense que nous gagnera la compétition au lieu d'obtenant a fait sortir sur les peines”

This is not just a Facebook group but an education to the culture of the 28th largest country (by population) in the world. (read less)

England - the home of football, the country with the greatest football heritage in the world, with the team packed with superstars, with the state of the art national stadium, and famous and proud history, ended up hoping the Andorra would equalise against Russia in order to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. Why?.....because we couldn’t beat teams like Croatia, Macedonia, Russia and Israel.

What an embarrassment! The only good thing i guess is that McClaren has now gone, so every... (read more)