KOSOVO

Not much of a challenge for England to qualify for the next "serious" tournament, as they already have made the grade but have a match against Kosovo to confirm their continued improvement.

But the match has much more meaning to us all, as the locals remember, suitably in the time of year when we "Remember", Britain's stance during the Balkans war. The link below takes you there:
https://balkaninsight.com/2019/11/15/for-kosovo-england-match-more-than-just-football/

The Mayor of Pristina, the capital, has spoken prior to the match, rising above the various problems shown involving Kosovo's neighbouring countries in the Balkan Wars. He is happy to show the world that the match is more important than all the other social issues that his country has faced.

A good result for the home team would cheer everyone up....possibly even the English, who have qualified of course!

The national flag with SIX stars representing the SIX communities within the country (Albanians, Gorani, Serbs, Romani, Turks and Bosniaks). The Mayor wanted to offer free beer to all our supporters but the embassy suggested probably not, but thank you for the offer!

In their one and only other meeting on September 10th 2019, England won 5-3 at St Mary's, having gone down 0-1 in the first minute. Kane, Sterling, Sancho 2 and an og made up the score sheet. Kosovo were England's 91st opponent, in history.
England are unbeaten in 52 games v NEW OPPOSITION. Last defeat against new opposition was on tour v Mexico in 1959. 83,000 watched the game.

With no other home nations qualifying, England will carry the British flag into the tournament.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/kosovo-watch-out-for-blackbird-fields.html