Well, at least I think it' worth noting that England have made it to the World Cup in Germany in 2006. It hasn't always been pretty but at least we qualified, unlike the Scots, N. Ireland and Wales. RoI is still in with a mathematical chance. I'm not gloating over the rest of the home teams not making it, but when Scotland go down 1-0 to Belarus then they've got real team problems!! Ok, we lost 1-0 to N Ireland but I wouldn't take that victory away from NI - they played their socks off and deserved to win - they were unlucky to lose to Wales at the weekend having come back from a 2 goal deficit (nice one Gigsy). And just in case our friends over the pond are wondering, the good old US of A are leading their group and may be joining us in Germany next year. In fact didn't they beat England somewhere back in the mists of time??