My loyalty lies with...

Yesterday's European Championship draw for the 2008 finals has finally landed England and Israel in the same group. The day I've been waiting for for many a year has finally come about. I can hear the question already: "Who will you be supporting?". Mmm, take a guess. Though I will probably be standing in the Israeli end of the stadium come kick-off time, and quite possibly not wearing my 'Beckham 4 ever' tattoo...

And who can recall their last meeting? A mighty 0-0 draw in a 1988 friendly, when Bobby Robson was leading the boys and preparing them for World Cup heroics in 1990. As far as I know, this is the first time England and Israel have ever met in competition, so should be interesting. Israel will give England a hard time, though once Rooney starts mouthing his trademark "Fuck Off!"s at those pesky Israeli defenders and/or the referee, it could go either way...