International football takes over briefly as England meet Malta, FIFA ranked 150th, in the Ta 'Qali Stadium in Attard on the island. The Maltese managed to get to 66th once! Luke Gambin (24 years old) playing for Luton Town and Sam Magri, 23, of Ebbsfleet Utd are included in the Maltese squad.
If you want to find out a bit about the opposition then here are two previous links, both associated with the World Cup qualifiers.
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/how-to-make-maltese-cross.html
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/maltesers-mellt-in-our-mouths_98.html
The Maltese go to Scotland next which might be a dead rubber if the Scots have not progressed this weekend against Lithuania. Malta have played Slovakia in the World Cup at home, losing 1-3, beat Ukraine 0-1 away in Graz and lost to Slovenia 2-0 in Lubljana last.
England top the qualifying group with 14 points from 6 matches, Slovakia have 12pts, Slovenia 11, Scotland 8, Lithuania 5 and Malta unsurprisingly NIL points.
Europeans also lowest ranked are San Marino 204nd, Gibraltar are ranked 206th and the last country in the world, Tonga is 206th (the lowest)...lying last in their Oceanic group, Played 3 Lost 3.
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