“There are different players putting themselves forward, but it depends how long they are going to be around the England squad - in the long term, Joe is going to be a big part of the set-up.” Peter Shilton (England) 15 of his 125 caps came as captain.

Having said that, we have struggled to find that level of consistency which is so necessary to be considered great at that position. Names such as Chris Woods and David Seaman gave us temporary relief from the antics of some other “clowns” that we’ve...

Bernstein at Wembley over the FA's decision to go over his head and strip John Terry of the England captaincy. Rooney wrote on Twitter on Wednesday night: "Gutted capello has quit. Good guy and top coach. Got to be english to replace him. Harry redknapp...

“But I would like to give it a go as a contestant. Hopefully that would put all that other talk to bed. The only thing that gets me is when all the competitors on Strictly say: ‘This is the best thing I have ever done.’ Really? It’s the best thing...

The position is similarly irrelevant, although down the years there has been a reluctance to allow a goalkeeper to lead England out. In fact, no goalkeeper has ever been named as incumbent England captain, the men between the sticks only ever getting...

Anton Ferdinand - Rio's brother - was scheduled for July, after the Euro 2012 finals. Terry denies the offence. Rooney wrote on Twitter on Wednesday night: "Gutted capello has quit. Good guy and top coach. Got to be english to replace him. Harry...