Article: Old head James relishes a return to No 1

The 'keeper's new-found sangfroid during and after Saturday's game contrasted with Green's mad moment, says Ian Herbert

Don't imagine there will be any kind of sentimentality from David James for the sent off Robert Green because you don't achieve the kind of international longevity that James has enjoyed with feelings like that. When his former Portsmouth team-mate Matt Taylor missed a golden opportunity to put the ball past him for Bolton Wanderers last season, James was asked if he felt for him. "When you leave my team, mate, I want you to get beat," he said. "That's the way it is, so I'm happy."

James knows for sure now that he will not have to wait beyond Wednesday, against Belarus, ...

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