Brooking

"Keith Brooking is a great linebacker and has covered a lot of our stuff in the past," Gruden said.

USATODAY.com 2003

"Keith Brooking is a great linebacker and has covered a lot of our stuff in the past," Gruden said.

USATODAY.com 2003

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England has a pathetic 2,769 qualified coaches, compared with Spain's 23,995 and Germany's 34,970, and Brooking feels hosting a World Cup is the only way his skills programme will attract any significant investment.

The more I hear of the World Cup bid the more I like bog-snorkelling Paul Wilson 2010

Sir Trevor Brooking, the FA's director of development, was asked whether the only way to do this would be to leave Terry out of the squad.

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Free agent acquisition Keith Brooking played for Phillips in Atlanta.

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The Falcons lost 11-year veteran Keith Brooking and Michael Boley from their linebacker corps to free agency.

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What 2,769 coaches suggests, and Brooking must know it, is that this country would rather win a World Cup bid than win a World Cup.

The more I hear of the World Cup bid the more I like bog-snorkelling Paul Wilson 2010

A suspect defense gets younger but sacrifices the leadership of LB Keith Brooking and S Lawyer Milloy.

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One cannot expect everyone to subscribe to such pessimism, however, and now here is Sir Trevor Brooking, in his capacity as the FA's director of football development, saying England needs a World Cup to transform its young players into top-level footballers.

The more I hear of the World Cup bid the more I like bog-snorkelling Paul Wilson 2010