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
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
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 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 the latest of our recollections of previous England World Cup campaigns we turn the spotlight on the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. England would recover from a poor start … Continue Reading England’s Mexico ’86 – A Robson Rollercoaster
Thirty years ago Gary Lineker continued his rich goalscoring streak for England and proved he could score more than just tap-ins when he produced a marvellous second goal in a … Continue Reading Great England Goals – Gary Lineker v Northern Ireland (1986)
England will this weekend begin their Euro 2016 campaign against Russia. Although the Three Lions have not always enjoyed a win to start a major tournament, they have often been quick out of … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England quickfire tournament-opening goals
Ahead of BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday, we recall six occasions when English football figures featured prominently in the event – from the four who won the … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England Sports Personality Moments
In the coming days, Wayne Rooney could become England’s record goalscorer. He needs just one goal to equal Bobby Charlton’s tally of 49 and two to claim the outright record. … Continue Reading When Gary Lineker became stranded on 48 England goals
This month marked Graham Taylor’s 70th birthday and also the anniversary of his first England match in September 1990. In the third in our series recalling past England qualifying campaigns … Continue Reading England Qualifying Campaigns: Euro 92 – Before Taylor was a ‘Turnip’
Ahead of England returning to qualifying action next month for Euro 2016 after a poor record at the World Cup finals in Brazil, we recall when they came home from … Continue Reading England Qualifying Campaigns: 1990 World Cup – Robson’s slow road to redemption
To mark the anniversary of the death of Sir Bobby Robson in 2009, let’s look back at six of the best games of his reign as England manager. It was … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England matches under Bobby Robson
As Colombia’s James Rodriguez returned home from the 2014 World Cup with six goals to his name after the quarter-final stage and his value rocketing, one man could probably identify … Continue Reading Gary’s path to Golden Glory – how Lineker finished top scorer in 1986 World Cup
