A nostalgic look back at the England national football team, with particular emphasis on the 1960s to the 2000s.
This week 40 years ago marked Viv Anderson’s first England cap. It would be more than just any England debut, as Anderson became the first black player to be capped … Continue Reading Viv Anderson’s England debut – 40 years on
In the latest part of our recollections of England’s fortunes 30 years ago we focus upon this week in 1988, when Bobby Robson’s side made a friendly visit to Saudi … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 4 – November 1988
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
Following Raheem Sterling at last finding the net for England against Spain and with Harry Kane currently looking to get back on the international goalscoring trail, we look back at … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Endings to England goalscoring droughts
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
On Friday night England face Croatia, just three months on from the sides meeting in the World Cup semi-final. Today we look back at six previous instances when England quickly … Continue Reading Six of the Best – Swift England reunions
In the second part of our series covering events 30 years ago as England went from failing to earn a point at Euro ’88 to reaching the Italia ’90 semi-finals, … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 2 – September 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
Next month sees England participate in the new UEFA Nations League. With that in mind we look back at when they first entered the Euros, during qualifying for the 1964 … Continue Reading England’s qualifying campaigns: Euro ‘64 – Frozen out in Paris
In the first part of a new series tracing how England went from failing to score a point at Euro ’88 to reaching the semi-finals at Italia ’90, we look … Continue Reading From Wooden Spoonists to World in Motion: Part 1 – Summer 1988
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
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)
