Euro 2012 group draw 2nd December 2011

The Euro 2012 draw has been kind in my view to England, with the Ukraine, Sweden and France providing the group opposition for Fabio Capello's team.

Group APoland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic

Group B
Holland, Denmark, Germany, Portugal

Group C
Spain, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Croatia

Group D
Ukraine, Sweden, France, England

European Championship qualifying fixtures Saturday 26th March

So JT (John Terry - not Justin Timberlake...my little joke) is back in the captaincy position for the qualifying match today against Wales and there is speculation that Capello didn't speak to Rio Ferdinand about changing the leadership role. For England, Ferdinand and Gerrard will miss the match as both are carrying injuries.From Gary Speed's side of things he has to be gutted that the left wing welsh wizard Gareth Bale (OK...admittedly I am a biased Tottenham fan) won't be playing. However it will be great to see Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey back in a Wales strip after a long injury lay off. Ramsey will make history as Speed has given him the captaincy - at 20 years of age he will be the youngest Welsh captain.

Here are the Euro qualifiers for Saturday 26th March 2011:

Armenia v Russia, 3pm
Wales v England, 3pm
Bulgaria v Switzerland, 4.45pm
Georgia v Croatia, 5pm
Cyprus v Iceland, 6pm
Israel v Latvia, 6.05pm
Bosnia-Hercegovina v Romania, 6.15pm
Albania v Belarus, 7pm
Andorra v Slovakia, 7pm
Germany OFF Azerbaijan, 7pm
Germany v Kazakhstan, 7pm
Norway v Denmark, 7pm
Malta v Greece, 7pm
Rep of Ireland v FYR Macedonia, 7.45pm