A nostalgic look back at the England national football team, with particular emphasis on the 1960s to the 2000s.
We continue our series recalling England’s fortunes 30 years ago by focusing upon events during June 1990, as Italia ’90 began. It’s fair to say things got better as the … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 16 – June 1990
Having previously recalled England’s summer tours to Australia (1983) and South America (1984), we now turn the clock back 35 years to England’s 1985 trip to Mexico and the USA. … Continue Reading England on tour – Mexico and USA (1985)
We continue our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago, recalling the final two home games prior to Italia ’90 and the fallout from the news that Bobby Robson would … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 15 – May 1990
We continue our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago by focusing upon the home friendly against Czechoslovakia in April 1990. It was a night that would belong to Steve … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 14: April 1990
We resume our series following England’s fortunes 30 years ago by focusing upon their friendly clash with Brazil at Wembley, as Bobby Robson stepped up his preparations for the 1990 … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 13 – March 1990
We continue our A-Z recollections of England’s history at the European Championship, including arguably the team’s most painful loss in the tournament as well as their most joyful display… France … Continue Reading An A-Z of England at the Euros (part two)
In the run-up to Euro 2020 this summer we will be looking back at England’s past fortunes at the European Championship, via an A-Z format. We begin today with letters … Continue Reading An A-Z of England at the Euros (part one)
In the latest of our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago, we recall friendlies against Italy in November 1989 and Yugoslavia the following month, as well as the 1990 … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 12 – November/December 1989
Ahead of England’s final game of the 2010s away to Kosovo, we look back at how they have ended the last six decades… England 2-1 Northern Ireland, November 1959 If … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England’s last game of the decade
Ahead of England playing their 1,000th match against Montenegro, we recall six previous games which were of statistical significance… The first match – 1872 It all began for England in … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Landmark England games
In the second part of our recollections of England’s preparations for Euro ’96, we look back at the 1995-96 season as Terry Venables began to finalise his chosen side for … Continue Reading England’s long wait for Euro ’96 – Part Two
Next year several games are due to be played at Wembley during the European Championship. But unlike when England were the sole host nation in 1996, this time they have … Continue Reading England’s long wait for Euro ‘96 – Part One
We continue our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago by recounting the World Cup qualifier in Poland this week in 1989. England would get the point they required to … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 11 – October 1989
We resume our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago by recalling the World Cup qualifier away to Sweden in September 1989, on a night when Terry Butcher was bloody … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 10 – September 1989
Twenty years ago one of the biggest footballing transfers of the summer did not involve a player, but a broadcaster. Des Lynam made front page news as he switched from … Continue Reading England on TV – Our summers with Des
This week sadly marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Sir Bobby Robson. Today we select six reasons why he came to be so adored by the public, focusing … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Reasons to love Sir Bobby Robson
