ENGLAND 0 - HOLLAND 0 (9th Feb 2005) Friendly

Villa Park, Birmingham

 

The first game for the new Englandfans, and most travelled up to Birmingham in the afternoon to sample a few local pubs before the action. England started brightly, and Shaun Wright-Phillips looked dangerous on his first start for England, but the game faded as a contest after half-time. The top English scorer in the Premiership, Andy Johnson, was introduced on the right wing in one of Sven's less inspired moves, whilst the 7th choice defensive pairing of Carragher and Wes Brown kept a van Nistelrooy-less Holland at bay.An enjoyable night of international football despite the lack of goalmouth action, and also the first encounter with John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood, who enraged much of the Holte End with his constant bell-ringing and pathetic bugle-playing, and was not amused when "The Saints Go Marching In" started up.

 

The Holte End, well before kick off
The boys gather for a pre-match drink
We find some genuine dutch, complete with joints and orange tops, to pose with the flag
With severe flag congestion at the front of the stand, the NUFC flag is proudly flown from the back of the Holte End
England appear for the warm-up, whilst most of the fans are doing their own warm-up at the bar
England and Holland in their anti-racism strip stroll out onto the pitch, before they stroll around it for 90 minutes
God save our gracious Queen...
Long live our noble Queen...
Cameras at the ready, Beckham takes a set-piece.

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