England go into the World Cup as one of the most fancied teams according to the World Cup odds and the further they progress the more their odds will shorten.
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Although England have not won the World Cup for 34 years they have one of their best squads ever and more importantly, one of their best managers ever.
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06/09/08 Andorra 0:2 England
10/09/08 Croatia 1:4 England
11/10/08 England 5:1 Kazakhstan
15/10/08 Belarus 1:3 England
01/04/09 England 2:1 Ukraine
06/06/09 Kazakhstan 0:4 England
10/06/09 England 6:0 Andorra
09/09/09 England 5:1 Croatia
10/10/09 Ukraine 1:0 England
14/10/09 England 3:0 Belarus
England won all but one game in qualifying and considering they had to travel to both Ukraine and Croatia that is some achievement, quite rightly they are one of the favourites in the World Cup Odds.
England World Cup Squad will be published here as soon as it is announced.
| Player | Games (Sub) | Goals Scored | 1st Goals | Last Goals |
| Wayne Rooney | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Crouch | 3 (1) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Lampard | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Jermain Defoe | 1 (4) | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Gerrard | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Theo Walcott | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Cole | 1 (1) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Emile Heskey | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Wright Phillips | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gareth Barry | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rio Ferdinand | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Terry | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| No. Of Games | 10 |
| No. Of Games Won | 9 |
| No. Of Games Drawn | 0 |
| No. Of Games Lost | 1 |
| No. Of Games Winning At Half Time | 6 |
| No. Of Games Drawing At Half Time | 3 |
| No. Of Games Losing At Half Time | 1 |
| Games | 10 |
| Goals | 33 |
| Conceded | 6 |
| First Goals | 9 |
| Last Goals | 9 |
| Over 2.5 | 8 |
| Under 2.5 | 2 |
| Clean Sheets | 4 |
| None Scored | 1 |
England are well capable of reaching at least the quarter finals but with a better manager than they have had in recent years they should be backed at the current England World Cup Odds to be eliminated in the semi finals.
Back England's stage of elimination to be the semi final
It does not take many goals for a player to shorten in the Golden Boot odds and Wayne Rooney is well capable of scoring two or three goals in the group stage. That would see him dramatically shorten and then he can be laid off for a nice profit.
Recommended Bet: Back Wayne Rooney to be Golden Boot winner and lay off on Betfair if he reaches odds of 2.5
Although England developed a habit of leaking a single goal in their qualifying matches that will have been down to attacking tactics against weaker sides and also the fact that first choice of pairing of John Terry and Rio Ferdinand rarely managed to play together. With an Italian manager and a strong defence England will be very hard to break down at the World Cup and their is money to be made on England in the World Cup odds.
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