The Chelsea striker was sent home from the competition after verbally abusing coach Domenech during half-time of France’s 2-0 defeat to Mexico last week.

Domenech was asked whether there was a chance of his squad not playing in their final match, to which he responded “it is a possibility’.

Anelka refused to apologise for his outburst towards his coach, after which a statement was issued by the French Football Federation, back by Domenech.

“Nobody can behave in such a way in the dressing room or elsewhere and high-level sportsmen and women have to lead by example through football,” he added.

“The three or four leaders are players past their prime who will never play a World Cup again.” said FFF general secretary Henri Monteil.

“We had to do something – the French people had a right to know,” added Domenech.

“What I should have said at the end of the message was that I did not support this action.

“With the FFF president and staff members we tried to convince them it was stupid. I disagreed with the document. What they were doing was unthinkable.

“We’ve wasted a lot of energy. There are no words to explain what has happened. I’m hoping we will now have action on the pitch rather than off it.”

“It was almost hallucinatory. This is a psychodrama that will go down in the history of the World Cup. The French team has been reduced to ashes.” stated French newspaper Le Figaro.

Should France play their final match Victor Chandler, BetFred and bet365 give them 11/8 odds of beating hosts South Africa.

The most likely is because anyone can go and watch it. This means the love of football is often passed down from generation to generation because it is something that fathers can do with their sons or daughters. It is often the big football families that go to matches etc and they share a love of the game and their favourite team.

Loving football is something that many of us like because it is something that we can enjoy. Liking pop stars and celebrities is all well and good but we can hardly strut our stuff on stage in the hope of being like them. However we can join local football teams and play the game we so much love to watch.

Most of it is probably down to clever advertising and media. Everywhere we read or see we see news on footballers – what their spouses are up to, which team is doing what, who scored which goal. We can also but a massive wide range of merchandise based around football which helps stop us from getting bored of the game!

There is no denying that football is a well loved game and for whatever reason it is a game that our country has taken a hold of and doesn’t seem to be showing any sign of slowing down.

England joined FIFA in 1906 for the first time and played its first ever games against some one other the Ireland, Wales or Scotland whilst on a tour of Europe in 1908. As a team England did not play in the World Cup matches until 1950. Which they did play they failed to get past the first round when they were beaten by the USA, 1-0.

However this is not remembered much because it was their win at the 1966 World Cup that sticks in the mind of England fans.

There have been a number of England managers and in fact in 1990 there were a total of 4 in a short time. The first non English Manager of the team was Sven Goran Eriksson who managed the team for 5 years from 2001.

Whilst being managed by Sven, England saw a number of successes. These include – qualifying in 2 world cups and the Euro 2004, losing only five competitive matches, rising to a record FIFA No.4 world ranking for the English national team during the 2006 World Cup.

The team has founded over 100 years ago, back 1878 but Newton Heath. It joined the football league some years later in 1892. It has gone onto play in the top division of English football since way back in 1938 with the exception of 1974. In fact the average attendance at the club has been above any other team since 1964 with the exception of just six seasons

Alex Ferguson became manager of the club in 1986 and since then they have won an amazing 22 awards which is what makes them one of the most successful teams in the country.

In both 1999 and 2008 they won the European Cup and came runner up in 2009. They also hold the record (which they share with another team) for the most English League titles (18) and the most FA cup wins (11)

The Manchester United brand has proved to be so successful that it has the highest revenue of any football club and is actually the most valuable club in any sport throughout the word. It is estimated to be worth around £1.136 billion

The ground at Old Trafford where the team plays is huge with the capacity to hold over 76,000 people. Some of the most well known and high profile players have played for Manchester United including the likes of Wayne Rooney and David Beckham. With players like this it is no wonder the team have done so well.

has actually been playing football semi professionally since the age of 10 when he joined the Everton youth team. Born in 1985 he now plays for both Manchester United and the England National Team.

He actually made his debut into professional football in 2002 and immediately grabbed people’s attention by becoming the Premier Leagues youngest goals scorer.

He spent two seasons at Merseyside club, Everton before moving to Manchester United as part of an estimated £25 million deal. He has won a number of awards since then including the Premier League numerous times, the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League and the League Cup.

Even further back than this he made his debut for the England team in 2003. A year later he took part in the 2004 Euro leaguer and become the youngest goal scorer. It is no surprise that he went onto play for England in the world cup, playing his first match in 2006.

In April 2009 Wayne married his long term girlfriend Colleen and she gave birth to their first son Kai Wayne Rooney in the winter of that same year.

Due to his face being so recognizable from his football talents he has been asked to take part in a number of advertising campaigns, including Nokia, Nike, Coca Cola and Asda. Colleen also has a number of her own media endorsements including magazine columns and her own fashion TV series for ITV 2.

Gerrard also plays for England, in the winger position.

He has played at Anfield since 1998 when he made his match debut; he got a place in the first team 10 years back in 2000. He has actually been the Liverpool Football Club’s captain since he took over from Sami Hyppia in 2003

He is not expected to change teams any time soon and in fact is expected to end his days played for the Anfield team, which has earned him respect from his football peers and fans alike.

Gerrard has a number of accolades under his belt including being England’s top goal scorer in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He has played for England since 2000.

Other accolades that he has been awarded during his 12 year football career include double league cup wins, two FA cup wins a UEFA Champions league win and a UEFA cup win. He has also been given the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year Award.

His honors even go beyond football and include his autobiography winning the Sports Book Of The Year Award in 2006 at the British Book Awards.

He has been married to Alex Curran for nearly 3 years and she is also known in the media has been seen in reality TV shows and has been known to write magazine columns for celebrity magazines.

David played for Manchester United. He made his football debut back in 1992 at the age of just 17. Since ten he has gone from strength to strength with two FA cup wins, a UEFA win and 6 premier league titles under his belt.

He was also the captain of the England team for 6 years and captained over 115 matches for them

In 2004 Beckham was actually the highest paid football player in the world and he has twice won the FIFA World Player Of The Year award.

In fact proving just how powerful his name is, for 2 years in a row he was the highest sports search on Googles search engine.

He few years ago David to took the decision to leave English football and signed for Real Madrid. He actually only play for them for a total of 4 seasons before leaving them in 2007. He left them to sign for the Los Angeles Galaxy team for over $6.5million a year.

He is now back on loan to Milan has a midfielder although is still signed to the Los Angeles Galaxy team.

He and Victoria are 3 children and are rumored to be trying for their 4th shortly, which they hope to a girl. They are always in the media and now live in America, classing the likes of Tom Cruise as their neighbors.