Blackstock Makes England U-21 Debut....Holloway on QPR Takeover

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Blackstock made his England U-21 debut coming on as a 90th minute sub! Congratulations to QPR's latest England U-21 player!
BBC - Montenegro U21 0-3 England U21
Gabriel Agbonlahor
England Under-21 got their Euro 2009 qualifying campaign off to a winning start against Montenegro in Podgorica.

England took the lead when Steven Taylor and Gabriel Agbonlahor combined from James Milner's corner to set up Nedum Onuoha to nod home.

Theo Walcott set up Agbonlahor to make it 2-0 with a confident finish.

Joe Hart saved from Marko Cetkovic and Simon Vukcevic as Montenegro Under-21 pushed forward but Andrew Surman sealed England's win with a late third goal.

Milner, who was making his 30th appearance, surpassed Scott Carson to set a new record for England Under-21 caps

It was a satisfactory night for England boss Stuart Pearce in his first competitive game since taking the job on a permanent basis.

England's next match on the road to Sweden 2009 is in Bulgaria on Tuesday.

Montenegro U21: Janjusevic, Bozovic (Milic 46), Kaludjerovic, Rajovic, Igumanovic (Tiodorovic 46), Zverotic, Fatic, Cetkovic (Djurisic 78), Jovetic, Vukcevic, Stjepanovic.
Subs Not Used: Radanovic, Vujadinovic, Adrovic, Vujovic.

Booked: Jovetic.

England U21: Hart, Cranie, Steven Taylor, Onuoha, Andrew Taylor, Gardner, Noble, Milner, Derbyshire (Blackstock 90), Agbonlahor, Walcott (Muamba 63).
Subs Not Used: Alnwick, Wheater, Johnson, Surman, Moore.
Booked: Noble, Hart.
Goals: Onuoha 6, Agbonlahor 10, Surman 90. BBC

BBC - IAN HOLLOWAY COLUMN

"....QPR TAKEOVER, BERNIE ECCLESTONE V MYFOOTBALLCLUB

A website trying to buy a football club? That's what Myfootballclub.com is trying to do.

It wants 50,000 people to chip in and buy a club, which they would run on democratic lines, with everyone having a vote on things like team selection.

I see my old club QPR are about to be taken over by Bernie Ecclestone and I was asked, as a manager, who would I sooner work with?

It's certainly easier to have one man to deal with, as opposed to thousands.

Thousands of people picking the team is absolute madness, how are they going to gauge it?

Are they going to base their selection on current form? Does that mean they'll be watching players day-in, day-out doing drills, undergoing practice?

Do they know if players are physically and mentally up for it? Or is a player's wife moaning at him because she's not happy with something, or the kids aren't well?

If people want to put together a consortium and take over a club, OK, but they shouldn't be picking the team.

I think I would take somebody like Bernie Ecclestone all day. BBC