Sport 05-10-2001 England v Greece Preview who: England football team what: Play Greece in World Cup qualifier where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Tomorrow snippet: Leeds United goalkeeper will take the place of the injured David Seaman in England`s World Cup qualifying game at Old Trafford, reports The Guardian. But "Martyn should not be tested too often against Greece tomorrow," predicts David Lacey. "For Martyn, tomorrow will represent quite an opportunity," says Matt Lawton in The Telegraph, "and one he will be desperate to take after threatening to quit international football 12 months ago." The Sun says that England`s Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman were spotted out drinking in Liverpool until the early hours on Tuesday while Steven Gerrard was out on the town in Southport. "All this comes hard on the heels of the controversy surrounding Chelsea`s Frank Lampard, dropped from the England squad after a binge with team-mates in the Heathrow area." One man who is sure to be unimpressed by their exploits is England manager Sven Goran Eriksson, who tells The Mirror`s John Dillon that his working-class roots help him to keep his feet on the ground and gave him the stoic attitude that helped earn the nickname Ice Man. "I lead more or less the life that I led when I didn`t have any money," says Eriksson. "And I don`t think my values have changed that much." [... more]

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