Diary dates

12/06 20:30Rustenburg England-USA
60 years ago at the world cup in Brazil the USA beat England (Alf Ramsey, Billy Wright and Tom Finney and all) 1-0 thanks to a Joe Gaetjens goal. Will we at last avenge that defeat or will Clint Demsey and Tim Howard recreate one of the world cups greatest upsets: PREDICTION 2-1 ENGLAND

18/06  20:30 Cape Town England-Algeria
Algeria are not to be taken lightly – they beat West Germany in the 1982 finals and got to the semi finals of this years African Cup of Nations losing 0-4 to great rivals Egypt all be it only having 8 men on the pitch at the final whistle. So if the Algerians lose their discipline and self destruct in the pressure cooker of a world cup all will be well, on the other hand the desert foxes are capable of pulling off a shock on their day especially if they can get under our skins and getting one of ours sent off : PREDICTION 2-0 ENGLAND18/06

23/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth  England V Slovenia
England were not entirely convincing when they beat Slovenia 2-1 at Wembley last September, can you remember the game? No thought not, a Lampard penalty and a long range Defoe effort did the trick, we did hit the woodwork a couple of times, and 6 substitutions stopped the game flowing. This time we predict Slovenia will need a win to progress so a physical game is expected, something we should cope with: PREDICTION 3-1