Tonight it's England v Croatia in the World Cup qualifier, and a win for England will see them qualify for South Africa 2010 with two games to spare.
Indeed, should Ukraine and Belarus draw their game earlier in the day, then England will only need a draw to qualify.
If it sounds simple, then consider that the last time England met Croatia at Wembley it was a European Championship qualifier and England only needed a draw against the Croatians who had already qualified. And we lost 3-2.
Wembley should not play host to "Mr Cock-up" this evening, thank you very much!
Of course, since that dreadful defeat, England have travelled to Croatia and beaten them 4-1 in an earlier World Cup qualifier. Advantage England.
If England do mess things up tonight, there are still two games left and a win in either would suffice to give them the group win. Those games are Ukraine away on 10th October, and Belarus at home on Wednesday 14th October.
We wouldn't want to leave it that late, would we?
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