THE BEAUTIFUL (BUT DULL) GAME

For all those Englishmen out there who are able to delude themselves every 2 years that the English soccer team are about to win a major trophy, and if they don't it's only because of a bad refereeing decision / a cheating argentinian / injuries to important players / the time of day the game is played / the weather conditions it's played in / any other random excuse and not because they're crap, this may come as sobering news. FIFA have just released their latest world rankings of international teams.

Unsurprisingly Brazil are at no.1, then we have France at no.2 and Spain at no.3, with The Czech republic and The Netherlands making up the top 5. No sign of England yet!

Then we have Mexico at 6.

Still no England.

Then we have...

wait for it...

The U.S.A. at no.7!!!!!!

and finally England appear at no.8.

Italy and Turkey, in that order, make up the top 10.

Some may say this ranking system is rubbish and based on the above list i'm inclined to agree. There is no way England are the 8th best team in the world. We're way worse than that.

Full list here