A nostalgic look back at the England national football team, with particular emphasis on the 1960s to the 2000s.
Our series recounting England’s fortunes 30 years ago now focuses upon a World Cup qualifier at home to Poland in June 1989, followed by an away friendly against Denmark… A … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 9 – June 1989
In the latest of our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago, we focus on the World Cup qualifier at home to Albania in April 1989. The nation was struggling … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 7 – April 1989
Our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago continue by putting the spotlight on March 1989 and a trip to Albania for a World Cup qualifier, as the pressure eased … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 6 – March 1989
Ahead of England facing the USA on Thursday we look back at their infamous meeting at the 1950 World Cup and recall how England fared during their first foray into … Continue Reading England’s Brazil ‘50 – American dream, English nightmare
We continue our recollections of England’s fortunes from 30 years ago by putting the focus on October 1988 and the start of Italia ’90 qualifying at home to Sweden. Problems … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 3 – October 1988
England play their first match this weekend since finishing fourth in this summer’s World Cup in Russia. Today we recall six previous occasions when England returned to action after playing … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England’s post-World Cup matches
Ahead of England appearing in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia we look back at the momentous night 28 years ago when the Three Lions took on West Germany – … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Memories of England in the Italia ‘90 semi-final
Ahead of England’s World Cup quarter-final against Sweden we recall the six most recent occasions the Three Lions appeared in the round. Each of them would be memorable, providing a … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England’s World Cup quarter-finals
Ahead of England’s last 16 match against Colombia, we recall the six occasions the Three Lions have previously played in the the knockout second phase since it was introduced in … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England in the World Cup second round
This time 20 years ago the 1998 World Cup was taking place. Today we recall some of the TV coverage in the UK for France ’98, with a particularly emphasis … Continue Reading TV memories of France ‘98
England’s opening matches at major tournaments have not always turned out happily, the side more often than not dropping points. But this week in 1982 they flew out of the … Continue Reading England’s flying start to the 1982 World Cup
There have been some momentous World Cup games involving England down the years, whether they ended in triumph or despair. But not all matches the side have played in the … Continue Reading Six of the Worst – England World Cup 0-0 draws
Ahead of the World Cup we set ourselves the task of picking our favourite England goal from each of the six tournaments they appeared at from 1966 to 1998. Some … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England World Cup goals (1966-98)
In our latest trip down World Cup memory lane concerning England we put the spotlight on the 1954 tournament in Switzerland. The competition adopted a unique format, but as has … Continue Reading England’s Switzerland ‘54 – Different format, familiar outcome
Ahead of the World Cup, we take a 10-step look back at England’s warm-up matches for the tournament down the years – from picking opponents based on their geographical location … Continue Reading England’s past World Cup warm-up matches – an overview
In the latest of our recollections of past England World Cup campaigns we put the spotlight on 1962 in Chile. It would be the last World Cup before England’s 1966 … Continue Reading England’s Chile ‘62 – Gazumped by Garrincha
