Brooking to plot England’s qualifying campaign

THE Football Association will rely heavily on the advice of Trevor Brooking when they start plotting England’s Euro 2008 qualifying campaign next month.

Although almost all of the attention since the announcement of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s planned departure has centred around the forthcoming World Cup campaign, the most immediate impact of the developments will be seen in Montreux tomorrow.

Chief executive Brian Barwick will head the FA delegation in Switzerland at the draw for the next European Championships, to be hosted jointly by Switzerland and Austria.