For the past year, the Blues have been at the heart of a racism row after an incident involving Terry and Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match in October 2011.
Because Franz Ferdinand is a vaguely arty Scottish rock band, its disdain, at least, comes naturally.
England also threatened from set-pieces and Ferdinand had a fine header tipped over the bar by Rensing.
The defender has been replaced as England skipper by Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand following a media storm over his alleged marital infidelities.
People like him (Sherwood) and Les Ferdinand have a lot to offer.
Goals from Anton Ferdinand and a Marlon Harewood penalty ensured Alan Pardew's side claimed sixth spot, setting up a play-off semi-final against Ipswich.
Capello is desperate for his squad to come through the match against the US unscathed, especially having already lost skipper Rio Ferdinand to a knee ligament injury sustained during training last week.
Manchester United lost Rio Ferdinand with a groin injury, but Ronaldo kept his place despite speculation that he might be rested - and he played his part in a vibrant first-half display from Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
The England team crashed out in the first round, and Ferdinand and a number of other young English players who were not involved brought more shame on football with their behaviour on holiday in the Cypriot resort of Ayia Napa.
He refused to debate with Mrs Arroyo, or to describe his policies in any detail, reinforcing the impression that he was simply a surrogate for Mr Estrada and the circle of Ferdinand Marcos, a former dictator, a witness at Mr Poe's wedding.
But it was the closing down by Arsenal that contributed to the first goal, when the bubbly Fabregas took a chance, ran towards Ferdinand and stuck out a hopeful foot before watching his block travel 40 yards over the stranded Simon Mignolet and into the net.
The prolific Dutchman did the job himself with a crucial strike after 84 minutes, sweeping home from almost on the line after Ferdinand flicked on a Giggs corner.
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More than a decade ago, VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, commissioned a vanity project to rival the pyramids: to resurrect the great French luxury and racing marque Bugatti, right down to Ettore Bugatti's l'orangerie in Molsheim, in Alsace, France, and build there the greatest sports car of all time, with no compromise.
The Marcos family, meanwhile, had returned from exile in 1990s and again wields influence: former first lady Imelda Marcos as a lawmaker, son Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos a senator, daughter Imee a provincial governor.
Ward chipped the ball into a packed penalty area for Ferdinand to let fly with a well-executed volley that angled into the corner of the net via a slight deflection.
There he was befriended by Ferdinand Ward, a typical all-hat-and-no-cattle fast talker whom Grant was too naive to recognize as such.
Ferdinand conducted such a trial with Crestor, a cholesterol drug from AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ).
The budding footballer, actor and musician had recently met England footballer Rio Ferdinand and posted a photograph with the star on Facebook.
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At the other end Iversen flashed an effort wide and Given almost spilled a Ferdinand shot into Chris Armstrong's path just six yards out.
United's squad has been depleted because of injuries, players away on international duty and Rio Ferdinand still serving a suspension for missing a drugs test.
Gerrard released Kuyt on the right, leaving Torres to escape from Vidic and Ferdinand to plant a firm header beyond the reach of Van der Sar.
And the visitors' almost lost their lead, too, when former United striker Andy Cole jinked past Rio Ferdinand to crash a sweet strike against the post.
Ferdinand Fichtner, a senior research associate at the prestigious German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, said this week that a Greek default was both inevitable and necessary.
Attacking trio Hulk, Lisandro and Cristian Rodriguez caused United's defense big problems last week, suggesting Ferguson will be thankful to have Rio Ferdinand available after a recent groin injury.
It is advantage United - who suffered a scare late on when Rio Ferdinand went off after suffering a blow to the ribs - but the narrow lead still leaves the semi-final in the balance ahead of next week's return game.
In southern Greenland, back in July 2004, a local man - Ferdinand Egede - dug into the soft earth of a field to show me something he'd never expected to see in his lifetime: potatoes.
Downing whipped in a cross to the near post and Viduka stole in between Rio Ferdinand and Brown to send a diving header past Van der Sar.
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In addition to what looked like clear handball and offside infringements, the goal might also have been ruled out for a foul by Zigic on Rio Ferdinand as he went up to meet a ball put in by Roger Johnson.
To make matters worse, Hayden Mullins did not reappear for the second 45 because of a knee injury and Anton Ferdinand failed to see out the match because of a hamstring problem.
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