Holland v England

Holland v England
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
FC Zwolle
6.00pm (7.00pm local time)
Thursday 17 November 2005

Link to the article

England's WWC 2007 qualif. schedule

Anyone going?
Katie?

can't afford it mate. i have no job, im a poor student and i spend way too much money travelling from wales to see Arsenal. hopefully gonna go to some of the home ones tho!

Yes I am going to the game. Flying out Thursday morning, hire car, 50 mile drive and into Zwolle.

Should be a good game.

Great!
I hope you'll have a good time and that England beats Holland with 10:0
Don't forget to take your camera so you can share a few moments from the game with us
Have fun!

OI, I'm Dutch. Lol.
Hope everyone has a good time, I can't go over unfortunatly.

Xx

Katie Chapman has been ruled out of the World Cup qualifier against Holland

'Chapman ko'd'

gutted

England miss key trio in Holland

England will be without three key players for their toughest 2007 Women's World Cup qualifier to date,
against Holland in Zwolle on Thursday.

Combative Charlton midfielder Katie Chapman has a calf injury
while Everton midfielder Emily Westwood and Arsenal defender Alex Scott have knee injuries.

On the plus side, captain Faye White and striker Amanda Barr are back
after missing the 13-0 win against Hungary.

Holland, a physically strong side, have already beaten group favourites France.

Coach Hope Powell remains upbeat but described losing Chapman as a "massive loss".

"She's one of our most consistent performers
and she's been the unsung hero on a number of occasions," Powell said.

"But we've now got a lot of depth in the squad
and in any case, we can't harp on about the players who are missing
- it's about playing the game with the squad we've got."

After beating Austria 4-1 then battering Hungary,
England are top of their five-nation qualifying group
with a huge goal-difference advantage over the Dutch and the French
- both of whom are level on points with England.

And England, despite the loss of key players,
will be favourites on Thursday before they go into a four-month break from international action.

In Fifa's world rankings, fifth-placed France are nine rungs higher than England
while Holland sit four places below Powell's team.

"Going into the break from group games after Holland with three wins out of three would be great,"
Powell added.

"But we are facing a very difficult 90 minutes to achieve that.

"We want to play as well as we possibly can, but the result is the most important thing
and if we can come home with three points I'll be happy."

World Cup Qualifying Group 5 Results so far:

Austria 1:4 England
France 0:1 Netherlands
Hungary 0:3 Austria
Hungary 0:13 England
Austria 0:1 Netherlands
Austria 1:3 France
France 2:0 Hungary
Netherlands -:- England

World Cup Qualifying Group 5 - Current table:

Country: P W D L GF GA P
England: 2 2 0 0 17 1 6
France: 3 2 0 1 5 2 6
Netherlands: 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Austria: 4 1 0 3 5 8 3
Hungary: 3 0 0 3 0 18 0

Netherlands 0-1 England !!!

England went into the winter break as group leaders and with a third win under their belts.
After a goalless first-half, England took the lead from a 55th minute Fara Williams penalty,
which proved enough for the three points.


England Team

1 Rachel Brown
2 Casey Stoney
3 Rachel Unitt
4 Vicky Exley
5 Mary Phillip
6 Faye White (c)
7 Karen Carney
8 Fara Williams
9 Eniola Aluko
10 Kelly Smith
11 Rachel Yankey

Subs:
Siobhan Chamberlain,
Lindsay Johnson,
Alex Scott,
Kelly McDougall,
Amanda Barr,
Jody Handley,
Josanne Potter

and radio 5 live even gave us updates!!! its a miracle!!!

go england!!

but faye's out for the france match 2nd yellow card=one match suspension

NOT good news
$hit, England needs good defence against France!
Anyone going to the game in March?

gonna go to as many of the home games as possible.....

........altho my bank balance is looking seriously unhealthy after paying £40 in train tickets every time ive been to see Arsenal ladies..... oops!

Well noone can question your loyalty!

so true mate!

just wish i wasn't so broke now!!

Try insanity

LOL, just teasin' ya Katie

omg i do believe they just showed highlights of the england ladies match on football focus!!

shock horror!!!!

altho graeme le saux blatently had no idea that england had a ladies team, never mind a womens world cup!!

obviously the ill effects of heading the ball to many times.......