Alan Shearer announced his international retirement following England’s exit from Euro 2000 but continued to play for Newcastle United until 2006, when he retired completely from football and worked as a football pundit for the BBC.

Following the axing of Steve mcClaren by the FA this morning, speculations of who will be the next England manager has resulting his name as the front-runner.

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England was definetely humiliated by the Tie-Land performance yesterday as their hope for Euro 2008 was being washed out in the rain that fell at Wembley stadium before the game. This is England’s first failure to qualify for the finals of a major tournament since missing out on the World Cup in America in 1994.

It was a nightmare for the coutry who claims as the home of football. With a team consist of multi-millions pounds players, Steve McClaren not be able to make them qualify to Austria and Switzerland next summer.

The most talented players with big name like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, David Beckham, Joe Cole and the promising youth stars in Juleon Lescott and Micah Richards looks like hopeless and playing without any motivation and guidance.

The England performance last night reminds me of Newcastle United when we lost against Pompey.

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After being under heavy pressure from the Russian squad, the Israel team finally break the pressure to achieve their famous victory against Russia 2-1 and also giving a huge advantage for England and Steve McClaren to qualify for 2008 European Cup finals.

Now England only need a draw against Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday to get the tickets to the final rounds in Austria and Switzerland next summer. Steve McClaren have to deal the crucial game without his first choice upfront.

Both Rooney and Owen will missed their important match on Wednesday, but McClaren still have Peter Crouch and Jermaine DeFoe to help him breath again.

And the player who is the hero for Israel and England, Omer Golan must be the most happy man in Israel team not only he has booked the first famous win for his national team football history, but also will received a £50,000 prize in the shape of a brand new Mercedes from Fred Done founder of BetFred.com according to the Guardian Newspaper.

Golan scores the winning goal in injury time after wins the tackle for the ball against Russian defenders before pass it to his team mate and receive the through ball before calmly shoot it into the Russian net.

Now McClaren can breath more easily and concentrate to continue working with his England squad. “There is still a long way to go and a lot of events to unfold,” says McClaren, “It is hypothetical talking about the future when there are so many events still involved”