'Get behind us'
Saturday, 06 September, 2008
John Terry wants the fans to get behind the team as they begin their World Cup qualification campaign.
Andorra v England
2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Group Six
7pm, Saturday 6 September 2008
Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
England captain John Terry has called for support from England supporters as they bid to start their World Cup qualification campaign with a win against Andorra in Barcelona.
After missing out on Euro 2008, Terry says the players take responsibility for that failure but need the support of fans as they seek to make it to South Africa in two years time.
"We want to get the ball rolling and go again. I've spoken before about the disappointment of not reaching the Euros and this is a fresh start.
"Not qualifying is still burning in a lot of the players. We all have another chance to come into the campaign and change things.
"As players we understand and take the responsibility of the last two years of disappointments. We understand the fans' frustration.
"After 20 minutes last time the fans did not get their goal and they went against us. Stick with us, it's a new campaign, it's a fresh start and we go again. We can't dwell on the past. We have to move forward and move forward together.
"We need the fans' support, we realise they pay an awful lot of money for their tickets and travel - and it's about time we put on a performance and got the results for the fans and the whole nation."
Terry admits that the result is all England are thinking about as they look to Andorra on Saturday evening.
"It's about the result for me, I'll take three points, whether it is 2-0, 3-0," Terry said. "Maybe the fans don't want to hear that. Hopefully it will be more than that, we are not going out there to win 1-0 or 2-0 that's for sure.
"It's all about three points and moving forward into the Croatia game."