A nostalgic look back at the England national football team (and international football in general), with particular emphasis on the 1980s and 1990s era.
Former England midfielder Peter Reid has recently released his autobiography. His involvement in England’s 1986 World Cup campaign inevitably features prominently… “I certainly don’t call it the ‘Hand of God’. … Continue Reading Book Review – Cheer Up Peter Reid
In the run-up to next year’s World Cup we will be looking back at past England performances at the finals. With the Germans and Brazilians visiting Wembley in the coming … Continue Reading England’s Mexico ‘70 – Heading Back Home Defeated
The failure of nations including the Netherlands to qualify for the 2018 World Cup has rekindled memories of previous noticeable absentees. One of the most obvious was England in 1974. … Continue Reading England’s Qualifying Campaigns: 1974 World Cup – Pole-axed by a ‘clown’
England’s 1982 World Cup campaign has been recalled in the new book Out of the Shadows: The Story of the 1982 England World Cup Team by Gary Jordan. It takes us back … Continue Reading Book Review – Out of the Shadows
In the coming days England will be expected to wrap up World Cup qualification without too much anxiety. But plenty of England World Cup qualifying campaigns have gone right to … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Dramatic England World Cup qualifying climaxes
Last month we began our look back at the England commentary career of Barry Davies, covering the period up until the 1986 World Cup. Now we focus on the years after that … Continue Reading Barry Davies – the England years (part two)
On Friday England visit Malta for a World Cup qualifier. The previous occasion when the sides were in the same qualifying group was for the 1972 European Championship. Today we … Continue Reading England’s qualifying campaigns – Euro ’72: winning points but not plaudits
Hearing the evergreen Barry Davies commentating during Wimbledon recently in his 80th year, we became nostalgic for his days covering football. In the first of a two-part look back at … Continue Reading Barry Davies – the England years (part one)
England’s women stand a great chance this week of winning Euro 2017 and claiming their first major silverware. They almost became European champions in 1984, but you could be forgiven if … Continue Reading Women’s football has come a long way since 1984…
This week marks 40 years since Don Revie controversially left England to manage the United Arab Emirates and is also the 90th anniversary of his birth. Today we assess an … Continue Reading Don Revie and England – an unhappy marriage and a messy divorce
This week sadly marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Hugh Johns, the man who commentated for ITV on the 1966 World Cup final. But there was far more to … Continue Reading Faces of ’66 – Hugh Johns
This month in 1984 England headed to South America for a three-match tour against Brazil, Uruguay and Chile. It would mark a welcome turning point for under-pressure manager Bobby Robson and … Continue Reading England on tour – South America 1984
June marks the 20th anniversary of England getting their hands on silverware when the side won Le Tournoi in France. Today we look back at that competition, as Glenn Hoddle’s … Continue Reading When England won Le Tournoi – 20 years on
This summer marks the 15th anniversary of the 2002 World Cup, a tournament that brought the all-too-familiar feeling of quarter-final disappointment for England. But there had at least been the joy … Continue Reading England’s 2002 World Cup – 15 years on
This summer marks 25 years since the 1992 European Championship. England went into the finals having lost just once in two years, but as with four years earlier it would … Continue Reading England’s Euro ’92 – 25 years on
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the last match played by England B, a team which often struggled to capture the public imagination and could disappear from view for … Continue Reading Remembering the England B team
