England won nine of their 10 matches in qualifying to progress to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ in some style, with Wayne Rooney scoring nine goals in the process.
Fabio Capello picked up the pieces following Steve McClaren's ill-fated spell in charge that had seen England miss out on a place at UEFA EURO 2008. The Italian suffered no such problems, though, and England head into South Africa 2010 with confidence high following a successful qualification campaign which saw them top Group 6.
Their only defeat - a 1-0 loss against Ukraine - came in the penultimate group game. In total, England scored 34 goals in their 10 qualifiers and conceded just six.
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