England 3 Estonia 0

Match 22/07/639 - Saturday, 13th October 2007 -
Euro Qualifying Group E

England (3) 3 Wright-Phillips 11 Rooney 32 Rahn (og) 33
Estonia (0) 0
Att. 86,655

Entrance: £45
Programme: £6
Mileage: 100/1,567

Match Report

The Wembley wow factor has now expired and we are now there to watch football and with a game as lousy as this, it is a no small mercy that at least the national side walked away with the points. Blessed with an early goal that went between Marc Poom's legs, the game ended as a contest with two goals in a minute. Rooney's goal drought ended with the aid of a deflection and then a bizarre own goal, a header from outside the area, should have allowed England to run up a cricket score. Estonia were technically as bad as Andorra, but they never resorted to the clogging that the had marred the games against the other group makeweights. Whatever was said at half time resulted in a second half watching the proverbial paint dry. It was so boring, Ann became more interested in the planes passing overhead and it was a matter of some relief that we allowed ourselves to leave early to join the queue for our tickets for the game in Moscow on Wednesday.

For the second consecutive Saturday it was elsewhere that was proving of much greater interest. The mobile phone was overheating as Tonbridge romped to a 5-0 FA Cup win at Stotfold to reach the last qualifying road and the piece de resistance was England's magnificent World Cup Rugby Semi-Final victory against the French in Paris. It was absolutely thrilling, had my heart leaping out of my mouth and filled us with elation at its climax, just about everything that was lacking at Wembley earlier.