The England thread

[Chris2K]

Delph has been abysmal.

On the flip side Soriano looks like a real talent, some of his passes have been exquisite. Darmian as well is a real handful.

[Lineker]

Never fear, Townsend is here!

[Chris2K]

Andy Townsend with a "he probably hit it too good" to remind us what we won't be missing.

This is just the Spurs 1st XI on the pitch now. As a result I have no idea who to support.

[Chris2K]

Grrr.

[MDK]

Andy's son scored a blooter!

[Lineker]

Never fear, Townsend is here!

This totally wasn't sarcastic!

Anyway - goal and then a Spurs cuddle!! Lovely!

[lanky316]

Italy 1 - 1 Spurs

[Ant]

Wow. Lineker was right.

[badotori]

Never fear, Townsend is here!

[MDK]

Wow. Lineker was right.

[Lineker]

SPURS CUDDLE

[EddieG]

Italy 1 - 1 Spurs

Southampton 1 - 1 Spurs

Best league in the world.

[Chris2K]

Fair result. Both teams could have scored more.

[Lineker]

England will restart a key Under-19 women's match in the 96th minute with a retaken penalty after a refereeing error.

Mo Marley's side, trailing 2-1, will replay the final minutes of the European U19 Championship qualifier against Norway in Belfast on Thursday.

German referee Marija Kurtes disallowed Leah Williamson's spot-kick for encroachment during Saturday's match.

But she wrongly gave Norway a free-kick instead of ordering a penalty retake.

The restart will take place at the Seaview Stadium in Belfast at 21:45 BST with a different referee, as Kurtes has been sent home following her error.

Uefa's ruling states that the match will be "extended according to the discretion of the referee". Approximately three minutes remain to be played.

The penalty retake could prove crucial as both sides vie for automatic qualification. If England and Norway win their remaining games - both taking place beforehand at 15:00 BST on Thursday - an equaliser from the spot could put England through as group winners on goal difference.

Uefa's decision to order the final seconds to be replayed was made on Wednesday following a Football Association protest. It is the first time such a decision has been taken in a Uefa competition.

Both teams must restart the game with the same players who were on the field at the moment the penalty was taken in the original match, although England can change the kick taker.

Vilde Fjelldal gave Norway the lead on Saturday, before Molly Bartrip's own goal made it 2-0.

Substitute Rosella Ayane pulled one back for England with two minutes to go before they were awarded the late penalty.

England and Norway's Under-19 women's teams are in Belfast anyway to complete a set of round-robin qualification fixtures for July's finals in Israel.

England, who beat Northern Ireland 9-1 on Monday, play Switzerland in their final scheduled qualification match at 15:00 BST. Norway will face Northern Ireland at the same time.

The winners of each of the six qualification groups will join the hosts at the finals this summer, with the final place at the eight-team tournament going to the leading runner-up.

Uefa rules state that the leading runner-up will be the team with the best record against the sides who finished first and third in their group.

A Norwegian FA spokesman said: "Uefa have made a decision and we respect it.

"England have all rights to make such a complaint. We have no problem with that. Our focus is on our match against Northern Ireland this afternoon and then we'll do our best against England tonight."

[TCO]

They've opened the floodgates there. To think they just laughed at us over the Henry handball incident.

[Matt]

I think the two are slightly different in that there was no possible case of interpretation of anything here, the referee did just fuck up and enforce the rule wrongly.

It's still very fucking daft though and is surely going to lead to a ridiculous scenario where the England striker and Norwegian keeper are going to be doing nothing but practising penalties until the game is restarted

[The Lusophone]

They've opened the floodgates there. To think they just laughed at us over the Henry handball incident.

As you should've been laughed at. No Ireland player informed the referee of Paul McShane's blatant handball in the final match of Group 8 - Montenegro didn't go crying to FIFA demanding games be replayed or to be let in as a 33rd team.

Nor did Cyprus who were denied two strong penalty claims in their 2-1 defeat against Ireland in that same group. Nor did Bulgaria who should've qualified in Ireland's place if we're going to correct every wrong call ever.

[TCO]

I don't have an issue with them not replaying our game, I have an issue with them setting a precedent here as a result of a refereeing error.

This is a serious can of worms situation they've opened here.

[The Lusophone]

Eh. I can see both sides tbh. It's a rule wrongly applied as opposed to missing an incident but it's definitely possible that others will start to bring stuff up more regularly now and it's hard to see where the line will fall.

[Colly]

I'd be interested to find out what they'd have done had this happened in the first half. Are refereeing mistakes only replayable in second half injury time? What happens if three goals are scored after the error?