World Cup 2006 - England have been seeded

England vae been named as one of teh top eight seeds for next year's World Cup. This means that we will avoid playing Germany (hosts), Brazil (current holders), Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Spain and France in the group stage, so the overpaid darlings have no excuse if they fail to get to the second round.

Who knows, with a decent start, England might be able to go on to win it.