Profile Glen Johnson

Personal information :

Full name : Glen McLeod Cooper Johnson
Date of birth : 23 August 1984
Place of birth : Greenwich, London, England
Height : 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Full back
Current club : Liverpool
Number : 2
Youth career :
2000–2002 West Ham United
Senior career :
2002–2003 West Ham United
2002 Millwall (loan)
2003–2007 Chelsea
2006–2007 Portsmouth (loan)
2007–2009 Portsmouth
2009– Liverpool
National team :
2003–2006 England U21
2003– England

Club career

West Ham United

Born within Greenwich, London, Johnson was a product of the West Ham United system, becoming a 15 year-old former year pupil within 2000. He signed a three-year businesswoman contract for the Hammers onto 1 August 2001 at the age of 16, and was granted the number 23 shirt. In the 2001–02 season, he made frequent Reserves impressions for West Ham, but was unable towards contravene into the former team. He ultimately signed an initial four-week credit import with locally rivals Millwall onto 17 October 2002, making his Championship debut within an away loss against Norwich City onto 19 October. His credit was twice extended via a month, ahead of he was recalled morning towards Upton Park as soon as having spent seven weeks at The Den, his final impression within a Millwall shirt arriving within another away defeat towards Crystal Palace onto seven November. His Premiership and West Ham debut arrived onto 22 January 2003 within another away defeat towards a London club, this moment against Charlton Athletic, when he arrived onto for midfielder Édouard Cissé. He made a gross of 15 League impressions — and a single FA Cup impression — within the 2002–03 season, becoming a many notable member of the West Ham side as the year went on. He even signed a novel four-year import towards remain within east London onto 18 March 2003, appearing willing towards assistance keep the club within the top flight. However, his last outing within a Hammers shirt was towards arrive onto the final day of the season, 11 May 2003, within an away draw with Birmingham City — the must-win match which observed his club relegated towards the Championship.

Chelsea

Two months as soon as West Ham United's relegation, Johnson attended London rivals Chelsea, signing onto 15 July for a fee of £6 million. The former purchase of the Abramovich era, he made his debut onto 13 August within an away victory against Žilina within the 2003–04 Champions League — and his former Chelsea goal arrived within the counterpart house foot two weeks later. His league debut arrived onto 17 August within a Anfield victory against Liverpool, but he had towards wait until 9 November for his former League goal, netting the opener of a 5–0 romp again Newcastle United. He ultimately made 63 impressions within everybody contests again the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. In Chelsea's FA Cup fifth round conflict against Newcastle United within the latter season, Blues' goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini was posted off late within the match for a undertake outside the box. Johnson went within goal (as Chelsea had consumed everybody three substitutions and couldn't dub onto Petr Čech from the bench) and retained the free-kick. He held onto towards keep a shower sheet. However a goal had already been scored via Newcastle and they held onto towards victory 1–0 and knock Chelsea out of the cup. He chosen up a winner's medal when he arrived onto as a second halves spare for Chelsea within the 2005 Football League Cup Final, a toy which Chelsea went onto towards victory as soon as additions time. He also made 17 impressions, adequate for a medal, as Chelsea won the 2004–05 Premier League, but he was towards miss out onto a medal for their success within the next season as soon as managing alone 4 impressions within the league because of thigh injury..

As the 2005–06 season unfolded, Johnson was still alone a squad musician at Chelsea with Paulo Ferreira being the frequent at right-back. Johnson made one impression within the Premier League for Chelsea that season, activating the 4–0 victory against West Bromwich Albion within site of Ferreira. Versatile squad musician Geremi also provided additions competition for Johnson at right-back below José Mourinho. As a outcome, Johnson attended Portsmouth within a season long credit within June 2006. On his replace towards Chelsea, Johnson activated the 2007 Community Shield and the gate Premier League toy of the season at house towards Birmingham City.

Portsmouth

On 31 August 2007, shift deadline day, Johnson signed for Portsmouth onto a four-year contract, for a fee suspected towards be £4 million.[17] He was handed a activate within the former match as soon as his shift, a 3–1 defeat at Arsenal and became the club's frequent right-back. On twenty October, Johnson scored his former goal within again three years, against Wigan Athletic within a 2–0 win. as soon as dribbling from the halfway line. He performed within and won the 2008 FA Cup Final. Shortly as soon as Johnson's cup success, he and a lot else Portsmouth musicians had their winner's medals stolen. On 22 November 2008, Johnson scored a 30-yard screamer with his deserted foot against Hull City, a goal which won Match of the Day's Goal of the Month honor for November, and afterwards won the Goal of the Season award. Johnson appeared towards possess ended speculation that he would move towards Liverpool for a rumoured allowance of £9 million via signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with Portsmouth onto 9 January 2009, although speculation once again implied that Johnson could earn a big finance move towards Liverpool within the alongside future;[20] this was reaffirmed within late April 2009 On 22 April 2009, at the age of 24, Johnson was the youngest member of Times Online's Top 50 Portsmouth musicians list. Johnson was covered within the PFA team of the year for the 2008–09 season despite Portsmouth ceasing within the bottom halves of the Premier League, seven points above the relegation zone.

Liverpool

A Portsmouth businessman proved onto 13 June 2009 that a "sizeable bid" had been obtained for Johnson, with Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City being mooted as possible suitors. On 16 June 2009, Portsmouth conceded a invitation suspected towards be £17.5 million from Liverpool. However, two days afterwards Portsmouth proved they had also agreed a invitation from Chelsea and it was up towards the musician as towards whom he needed towards join. Liverpool were suspected towards possess tabled the £10m invitation onto the cornerstone that they were still owed £7m via Portsmouth from the purchase of Peter Crouch within the summer of 2008, with Liverpool willing towards dampen the fee owed onto signing Johnson. On 22 June 2009, Liverpool informed the shift and onto 26 June 2009, Johnson signed a four-year contract. He was officially unveiled onto 9 July 2009. On 15 July 2009, he made his Liverpool debut within the pre-season match against St. Gallen which ended as a 0–0 draw and his house debut within a friendly against Atlético Madrid. Johnson made his Premier League debut onto 16 August 2009 within a 2–1 defeat via Tottenham Hotspur.

On his house league debut for Liverpool onto 19 August 2009, Johnson put within a man-of-the-match operation against Stoke City scoring his former goal for the club whilst also getting an aid within a toy whereas he inflicted countless complications for the dissent defence. On 29 August, Johnson scored his second goal for Liverpool within a 3–2 victory against Bolton Wanderers. On thirty December 2009, Johnson upheld a tear of the medial collateral ligament within his right knee during a league fixture against Aston Villa, which Benitez remarked would keep him out of affair for at lowest a month. On his replace from sting within March, Johnson replaced towards form, scoring his third goal for the club against Sunderland at Anfield. Johnson went onto towards earn eight many impressions for the lie down of the season, incorporating assisting Liverpool extend the semi finals of the UEFA Europa League. Johnson performed 35 moments and scored three goals within his debut season with the Reds. In November 2010, Johnson obtained criticism from executive Roy Hodgson whom felt his dramas during the season had not been of international standard.[33] Johnson held clear-the-air conversations with Hodgson and the pair possess since performed down the row.[34] He scored his former goal of the 2010-11 Premier League season onto twenty November 2010 against West Ham United within a 3-0 victory, as soon as replacing from being out with a groin strain.

On eight January 2011, within reaction towards criticsm from former England midfielder and Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson, Johnson posted onto his Twitter feed, "Comments from alcoholic drug abusers are not genuinely gonna disrupt me and whom is Paul Merson towards adjudicate musicians, he was medium at the greatest of times." He afterwards deleted the comment. Under novel Liverpool executive Kenny Dalglish Johnson has been consumed as a deserted back and deserted wing back. The move towards the deserted has sighted Johnson rediscover nice form and he has put within a number of great dramas below Dalglish, incorporating within the 1-0 victory again ex club Chelsea.

International career

Following a destitute operation within England's friendly within Denmark within August 2005 he forgotten his grading as Gary Neville's understudy within the squad towards Luke Young, whom performed within both the following World Cup qualifiers. Johnson did not earn any further England impressions below Sven Goran Eriksson or his successor Steve McClaren but was named within Fabio Capello's former squad within January 2008. He performed within the 2–0 victory again Andorra, and made four assists within the following 6–0 victory against the equivalent team for which he was named Nationwide Man of the Match. During England's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, he cemented his site as the squad's former choice right-back. Johnson scored his former goal for England within a friendly match against Mexico onto 24 May 2010 at Wembley Stadium, which ended 3-1 towards England. In February 2011, Johnson began England's novel calendar year via controlling Ashley Young's successful goal within a 2-1 victory again Denmark.

Profile Andrew Johnson

Personal information :

Full name : Andrew Johnson
Date of birth : 10 February 1981
Place of birth : Bedford, England
Height : 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Fulham
Number : 8
Youth career :
Luton Town
Birmingham City
Senior career :
1997–2002 Birmingham City
2002–2006 Crystal Palace
2006–2008 Everton
2008– Fulham
National team :
2005–2007 England

Club career

Birmingham City

Johnson was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, and began his football at Luton Town Academy. Initially his career was held rear via the awareness that he was too small to prosper as a lid horizontal striker. He originated his footballing career at Birmingham City, where he suffered a setback, absent a deciding punishment in the 2001 Football League Cup Final shootout defeat to Liverpool.
After merely a minority noteworthy arrivals, he was marketed to Crystal Palace in 2002, chasing the Blues' advertisement to the Premier League. Johnson was accustomed as the makeweight in a transfer sell for Clinton Morrison, taking the quality of £750,000 for the functions of the transaction.

Crystal Palace

Whilst his arrival was not greeted with any real excitement at Palace, the transfer turned out to be an excellent shift for both Johnson and Palace. He shortly prepared himself very democratic with Palace fans with a hat-trick in the 5–0 demolition of rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 October 2002, and thereafter another, in the very following game, at Walsall. However, administrator Trevor Francis lasted to play his favourite main attack partnership of Ade Akinbiyi and Dele Adebola, retaining both Johnson and Palace legend Dougie Freedman on the left-wing and bench, respectively. When Francis was sacked, and with the Eagles mid-table, he was displaced via Steve Kember, whoever decided to ally Freedman with Neil Shipperley, whereas Johnson was retired to play the role of advocate striker. The fresh attack partnership originally labored well, with Palace winning their first three sport and topping the table. However, the good begin to the season did not extend and, with Palace languishing in 20th position in November, Kember was dropped. Under the aegis of fresh administrator and bus Iain Dowie, Johnson's all-round game improved. Now partnering Shipperley, Johnson ended the season as lid scorer in the 2003–04 Football League First Division season with 32 goals. Palace arrived the playoffs and were promoted to the Premier League for 2004–05 afterwards defeating West Ham United 1–0 in the final – five months afterwards they had occupied 19th position in the league. Despite Palace's relegation rear to the Championship the chasing season, Johnson was the highest scoring English actor with 21 targets and the second highest overall in the Premiership. Although Johnson's critics recorded that eight of these came from consequences instead frank play (a record for the Premier League), he himself won seven of the penalties. Palace were relegated at the end of 2004–05 and Johnson commissioned a transfer prompting much speculation as to which club he might shift to. However, on two August 2005, Johnson gestured a five year contract with Palace for an renewed wage (believed to be circle £24,000 a week, earning him one of the highest-paid players ever to play outdoors the English lid flight) and committed to aid them regain their position in the lid flight. Palace chairman Simon Jordan blamed Johnson's officer Leon Angel for pressurising Johnson into handing in the transfer request.

Johnson was shortly playing alongside Clinton Morrison, whoever had rejoined Palace from Birmingham for a payment of £2m (three years afterwards Birmingham had purchased him in a sell for £4.25m plus Johnson). Morrison was reported as phrase that he had returned to Palace explicitly to play alongside Johnson, much to the entertainment of a lot Eagles fans, whoever saw the irony of the sell, Birmingham having efficiently rewarded Crystal Palace £2.25m to take Johnson. The pair transfers took position between the Eagles and the prior Palace administrator Steve Bruce, whoever had been perceived via fans as having cheated the club via defecting to the Midlands side.
However, due to injury to Johnson, and Morrison's shortage of model, the pairing was limited in the early fraction of the season. With a return to fitness and model, the pair shortly became Dowie's first option pairing as the season progressed, with Dougie Freedman adding experience to the attack force. Palace comfortably prepared it into a top-six location but in the playoffs malfunctioned to recover from a first leg defeat at the hands of Watford, being defeated on compound in the semi-finals. Johnson scored 15 targets in the Championship that season. In 2005, Johnson was voted into Palace's Centenary XI, the merely actor at the club at the time to be chosen, and, chasing the retirement of Nigel Martyn, he is now the merely member of the team motionless actively playing on a businessman basis.

Everton

After Crystal Palace's failure to return to top-flight football, speculation approximate Johnson's future at the club originated with a transfer to a Premier League club appearing highly likely. However, as shortly as an original bid from Everton of £7.25 million was discarded, it gazed more possible that the club would be able to retain Johnson for a further year afterwards all. Nevertheless, the controversial withdrawal of administrator Iain Dowie merely boosted the possibility of Johnson's withdrawal, and on 24 May 2006 Palace acknowledged an £8.5million bid from Wigan Athletic for Johnson. This bid was suited via fellow Lancashire club Bolton Wanderers a day subsequent, which was also accepted. With Johnson having signaled a preference for a shift to Merseyside, Everton, prompted via the pair other bids, renewed their offer to £8.6 million the chasing day. On thirty May, he exceeded his medical and ended the shift to Goodison Park, signing a five-year contract. He was conceived to be Everton's highest rewarded actor on £40,000 per week, however several informs advised he was in observation on identical reward with prior Everton striker James Beattie at circle £30,000 a week. Johnson's shift set fresh club transfer listing, both as Everton's majority expensive buy and Palace's majority expensive sale. He stated that his purpose for shifting to Everton was the height and stature of the club and the height of the club's fanbase. Johnson netted his first target for Everton in his debut on 19 August 2006, in a 2–1 win across Watford, a target which he celebrated in front of the Hornets fans. In his programme letters, he stated he had "unfinished business" with Watford, chasing their playoff defeat of Palace. He has lasted a good begin to his Everton career via scoring against Tottenham Hotspur away to end a 21-year victory drought there and thereafter scoring double in the 3–0 derby victory against Liverpool. His hand gesture signaling 3–0 is perceived via Evertonians as an Iconic memory and every season ticket holder for the 2007–08 season received a adrift poster of this gesture. Johnson was Everton's lid scorer in the 2006–07 Premier League campaign with 11 targets to his dub (and one in the FA Cup). However, Johnson was reportedly impacted via charges of simulation,
going 13 sport without scoring a target at one stage.

After a league suit with Chelsea on 17 December 2006, thereafter Chelsea employer José Mourinho branded Johnson "untrustworthy" chasing a contest with Chelsea goalkeeper Hilário. Everton released a pronouncement endangering constitutional movement and naming on Mourinho to excuse, which he has since done. Mourinho is not the first to atmosphere such feelings approximate Johnson; prior Sheffield United administrator Neil Warnock also having blamed Johnson of resorting to "gamesmanship" to win a punishment in a Premier League suit between the pair clubs. Everton administrator David Moyes took the unusual stair of contacting the Professional Game Match Officials Board in command to counter these accusations. The board's overall administrator Keith Hackett matched that Johnson was being treated severely and had been refused a figure of sweep penalties. On twenty September 2007, Johnson missed pair consequences in a 1–1 draw against Metalist Kharkiv. On six November 2007, Johnson gestured a fresh five-year contract with Everton.

In December 2007, Johnson, along with a host of other players, encompassing Marcus Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor & Titus Bramble, began celebrating targets via earning an 'A' with his hands. It was subsequent disclosed that this was in observation the players' way of waving the begin of a fresh football-based population venture strategy – The A-Stars! With its motto being "if you vision it, you can achieve it", the notion is to enable young citizens to exert the talents they have for good, in sporting labor places. The Co-founder of the Charity is Queens Park Rangers defender Fitz Hall, whoever played with Johnson at Palace. During the fresh season, Johnson scored several crucial targets for Everton, encompassing a Premier League winner away at West Ham. He scored Everton's first target in the 2–1 away victory against Wigan Athletic, and was bizarrely refused a winning target at Blackburn Rovers, falsely adjudged to have been offside.
Johnson scored in Everton's 6–1 thrashing across SK Brann in the UEFA Cup. He scored Everton's second and sixth target and the final target was a powered shot from outdoors the box. Some have said it is the best target he has scored for the Merseyside club. Johnson also scored in Everton's Round of 16 tie against Fiorentina. Johnson picked upward a groin injury in Everton's suit at the Craven Cottage against Fulham.

Fulham

In July 2008, Everton acknowledged an offer of "an eight figure sum" from Fulham for Johnson. It was reported that troubles had arisen from his medical, prompting a possible renegotiation of the payment, but the shift was ended on seven August 2008, the actor signing a four-year contract for an undisclosed payment, thought to be in the region of £10.5 million. He prepared his debut for the club in a 2–1 win across Bolton Wanderers at Craven Cottage on 13 September. Johnson was sent off against West Ham United on 27 September for pair bookable offences. He scored his first and second Fulham targets against Wigan Athletic on 29 October. Johnson done the 2008–09 season with ten targets facilitating Fulham to ending in 7th position and qualify for the Europa League.[citation needed] He prepared merely 13 arrivals for Fulham in 2009–10, scoring three targets, as he missed much of the season due to a intractable knee problem. He also missed the early fraction of the 2010–11 season.

International career

Johnson was first capped for England at U20 horizontal, being chosen in the team for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Ashley Cole, Peter Crouch and Matthew Etherington. The team done bottom of their team, losing all three sport without scoring. In the 2004–05 season, as the lid English goalscorer in the Premier League, there were a lot naming for him to be chosen for the full England squad. Midway through the season, Johnson disclosed that he would acknowledge a call-up to the Poland squad, afterwards being eligible through his grandfather being born in Poland. This subsequently rushed England administrator Sven-Göran Eriksson into paying Johnson his first call-up, to face the Netherlands on 9 February 2005, and he prepared his first arrival in that game, displacing Wayne Rooney in the 61st minute. A second cap came as shortly as Johnson prepared his full debut for England, in a 2–1 friendly win across the United States, during England's tour of America in the summer of 2005. On 9 May 2006, Johnson was placed on standby via Eriksson in his squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was also an unused substitute in the England B game against Belarus and the first team's wins across Hungary (who included prior Palace team-mates Gábor Király and Sándor Torghelle in their side) and Jamaica. When Steve McClaren was installed as England bus, Johnson obtained further opportunites to play for his rural in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Johnson prepared substitute arrivals against Andorra (at Old Trafford on two September 2006) and away to Macedonia (on six September 2006). Johnson thereafter prepared his first competitive begin for England in the Euro 2008 qualifier with Israel.

Profile Adam Johnson

Personal information

Full name : Adam Johnson
Date of birth : 14 July 1987
Place of birth : Easington, County Durham, England
Height : 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Left winger
Current club : Manchester City
Number : 11
Youth career :
1999–2004 Middlesbrough
Senior career :
2004–2010 Middlesbrough
2006 → Leeds United (loan)
2007 → Watford (loan)
2010– Manchester City
National team :
2006–2007 England U-19
2007–2009 England U-21
2010– England
Club career

Middlesbrough

Though born in Sunderland Johnson was removed in via Middlesbrough's youth academy as a youngster afterwards being discharged via Newcastle United, where he was on the novels between the ages of ten and 12, and spotted via 'boro scouts at an East Durham school-age match.He was one of the a lot players in the first team to graduate from Middlesbrough's acclaimed Academy to the first team in recent years. He and his Boro teammates David Wheater, Tony McMahon and Andrew Taylor were fraction of the squad that won the 2003–04 FA Youth Cup.

He prepared his senior debut ageing seventeen on 17 March 2005 in the UEFA Cup in the 1–0 defeat away to Sporting Lisbon. Almost six months subsequent he prepared his Premier League debut, and first senior begin, deputising for an injured Stewart Downing in a 2–1 home win against Arsenal. For much of the first half of the 2005–06 season he was on the bench as an unused substitute, primarily in the UEFA Cup matches. He prepared his second begin in the competition against Litex Lovech on 15 December and establish Massimo Maccarone's first target in a 2–0 win. For the relax of the season, he handled to produce arrivals, albeit as Downing's deputy or an unused substitute. Johnson's first target for Middlesbrough came in a midweek Premier League game against Bolton Wanderers on the three May 2006. He was playing due to Middlesbrough's involvement in the UEFA Cup final which was to be played a week subsequent as Steve McClaren rested majority of the first team squad. On thirty June, he gestured a fresh four-year contract extension.

Leeds United (loan)

On 16 October 2006 he stringed Leeds United on a month-long lend afterwards being gestured via Leeds' caretaker administrator John Carver, but with Leeds beleaguered in the Championship it was hard for Johnson to impress regardless fetching the man-of-the-match award on his debut. After playing four sport during his month-long lend spell, Johnson returned to Middlesbrough as Leeds chose not to continue his loan. Later on in the season, he came on as a substitute in the FA Cup replay with Bristol City and played a crucial role in perceiving Middlesbrough through to the following around via establishing one target and scoring the winning punishment in the shootout.

Watford (loan)

In September 2007, Johnson stringed Championship side Watford on a three-month loan. He played 12 sport for the club, scoring 5 times, ago being remembered to Middlesbrough sooner than stipulated in the sell chasing several bright performances. Coincidentally, Watford's model dipped afterwards his departure.

Back to Middlesbrough

In the final game of the season, he scored a 18-yard attack from a loose ball just minutes afterwards emanating on as a substitute in Boro's 8–1 thrashing of Manchester City. In the 2008–09 season, he handled to produce 32 arrivals, half of those as substitutes as Downing was first choice. He handled to begin majority of the fixtures near the end of the season as shortly as Downing was governed out with a long-term injury.

Johnson became an significant fraction of Boro's Championship side for the 2009–10 season chasing Downing's transfer to Aston Villa, scoring three of Boro's five targets in the first three games. He led the Boro scoring maps, with eight targets, for the complete first half of the season regardless being a winger, which led to fresh administrator Gordon Strachan conveying his consideration approximate overrelying on Johnson for goals. In the 18 August suit at Scunthorpe United, he missed a punishment awarded for a foul on Rhys Williams and scored another afterwards being tripped via the Scunthorpe goalkeeper in the punishment box as shortly as both went for the rebound.

After a brilliant begin to the season, the highly-rated youngster became a subject of transfer rumours with a figure of Premier League clubs reported to be interested and was linked to his hometown club Sunderland for much of the summer. The Boro administration insisted that he would not be sold.However he chose not to continue his contract, which was to end afterwards the 2009–10 season. On 13 December, he was substituted for Marvin Emnes afterwards picking upward a hamstring injury in the 1–0 home loss to Cardiff City but returned to score a punishment against Scunthorpe in a 3–0 win, therefore taking his target score into double figures. He scored a brace for the third time in the season as shortly as he turned in a man of the suit performance against Doncaster Rovers on 26 January to end Boro's winless away streak stretching rear to October.
In recognition of his uniform plays, Johnson was voted for the North East Football Writers' Young Player of the Year award, stringing a string of Boro players to do so.

Manchester City

When the winter transfer window unlatched, Johnson was again the subject of transfer speculation and Middlesbrough reportedly received a bid from Manchester City. On 1 February 2010, City gestured him for an undisclosed payment on a four-and-a-half-year contract. He prepared his first arrival for the club on six February, emanating on as substitute for Stephen Ireland against Hull City. Three days subsequent he prepared his first begin against Bolton Wanderers on the right side of a three-man assail alongside Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor, finalising as the man of the match. Johnson scored his first target against Sunderland. He curled a retired footed exertion into the lid corner one and a half minutes into injury time to lock a last-gasp 1–1 draw. His performance led England administrator Fabio Capello to publicly compliment him and assess him for selection. On three October 2010, Johnson came on as a substitute for Gareth Barry in a league suit against Newcastle United and scored the winning target in the 72nd minute. Later, on 1 December 2010, Johnson scored the third and final target for Manchester City in a UEFA Europa suit against Red Bull Salzburg. Johnson's following target came ten days subsequent, scoring the 3rd target in a 3-1 win away at West Ham.

International career

Johnson warming upward against Switzerland in a Euro 2012 Qualifying suit, seven September 2010
A prior under-19 global, Johnson was called-up for the under-21 team at the 2009 UEFA U21 Championships in Sweden. He scored once in qualification and again in the first leg of the qualification play-offs against Wales U21s as the Young Lions narrowly won 5–4 on compound to qualify for the tournament. During the tournament he began in pair of the three team degree matches. He won the man-of-the-match award in the final team degree suit against Germany that ended in a 1–1 draw and translated his punishment in the semi-final shoot-out win against Sweden.

In late February 2010, Johnson was dubbed in the senior squad for the first time in Fabio Capello's 30-man shortlist for the upcoming March friendly against Egypt in May but did not produce the final 23.
In May, Capello dubbed Johnson in his draft 30-man World Cup squad. Johnson prepared his full England debut on 24 May in a 3–1 friendly victory against Mexico at Wembley Stadium, emanating on as a late substitute for James Milner. On 1 June 2010, Capello broadcast his final 23-man team and Johnson malfunctioned to produce the cut.

On 11 August 2010, Johnson began his first game for England against Hungary at Wembley Stadium and played the complete game.
He scored his first global target on three September 2010 against Bulgaria in a Euro 2012 qualifier, which England won via 4–0. He scored his second global target against Switzerland in a 3–1 win afterwards emanating on as an early substitute for the injured Theo Walcott