Football 365 World Cup Ladder Update

The good people at Football 365 have updated their Famous World Cup Ladder which tracks the top 50 contenders for England's 23-man World Cup Squad. It's a bit like the Top 40 music chart, but with footballers.

You can visit the link to see the ladder in full (plus wry comments), but 45eachway can tell you the movers and shakers:

Wayne Rooney keeps his spot at number 1, while in-form Steve Gerrard is up from 4 to 2 switching places with Michael Owen, who is down from 2 to 4 following his injury.

The big news is that Shaun Wright-Phillips has dropped outside the top 23, falling from 20 to 24, a combination of not playing for Chelsea and his dad calling Sven a wet fish.

They optimistically place Owen Hargreaves at 28 with the explanation "We're hoping that Sven's forgotten him. We sometimes do."

New entries in the top 50 are Jermaine Pennant at 40, Gary O'Neill at 45, Andy Johnson at 47 and one-cap wonder Gavin McCann at 49.

45eachway's new hero Mr. Nigel Reo-Coker didn't make the list.

That link again is: Football 365's Famous World Cup Ladder