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Sep 2022
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Have England Regressed?

THE TIMES
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Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Alyson Rudd, Jonathan Northcroft and Martyn Ziegler.


England have two more games before the World Cup begins - but has Gareth Southgate got too many problems on his hands? (00:00)


Ivan Toney is in the squad for this weekend’s Nations League matches - what chance does he have of becoming Harry Kane’s number two? (16:39)


Is the game up for Trent Alexander-Arnold as an England player? (21:25)


Harry Kane and other captains will wear ‘One Love’ armbands during these games and at the World Cup - but does it actually mean anything? (25:54)


What will happen now Liz Truss has put the plan for an independent football regulator on hold? (45:14)


A chat with former Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini ends up creating the most surreal games Hugh Woozencroft has ever come up with (52:07)


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