England Worried Ahead Of Wembly Clash

Where there should be excitement there is trepidation. Where there is hope, there is also fear. England expects -- but what it also anticipates is a night of high drama, tension and nails being bitten until they are no longer visible to the human eye. When Roy Hodgson's side take to the turf at the iconic Wembley Stadium, the 'Home of Football', it will attempt to secure a victory which guarantees a place at next year's World Cup. Read: Quartet on their way to World Cup finals One win is all that separates England from challenging the world's best in Brazil and yet it still seems so far away. Perhaps it's not difficult to understand given the country's history and that painful night 40 years ago when England faltered in such agonizing fashion. As on Tuesday, the opponent will once again be Poland. It was Poland and their goalkeeper, Jan Tomaszewski who was infamously labeled a 'clown' by former Nottingham Forest and Derby manager Brian Clough ahead of the qualifier on October 17 1973, who proved the scourge of the Three Lions. Indeed, it was the Poles who had the last laugh -- claiming a 1-1 draw to progress to the 1974 World Cup finals and leave England desolated