A nostalgic look back at the England national football team, with particular emphasis on the 1960s to the 2000s.
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
This month 50 years ago England returned to action for the first time since winning the World Cup three months earlier. They now moved onto their next challenge, looking to win the … Continue Reading England’s Qualifying Campaigns: Euro ’68 – Scotland become ‘world champions’
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)
This week in 1984 saw Wembley stage a match in the Home Internationals for the final time. Today we recall the demise and final series of the annual competition between … Continue Reading The last Home Internationals (1983-84)
With England having qualified with games to spare for Euro 2016, we look back at a previous occasion when they made light work of a European Championship qualifying campaign. When … Continue Reading England Qualifying Campaigns: Euro ’80 – Ending the Long Wait
Although no longer usually a month when England are in action, April was traditionally quite a busy time internationally with the Three Lions frequently playing at least one match then. … Continue Reading Six of the Best – England in April
In the latest look back at past England qualifying campaigns for major tournaments, we recall their road to the 1988 European Championship in West Germany. Bobby Robson’s side looked awesome … Continue Reading England’s Qualifying Campaigns – Euro ’88: Peaking Too Soon
Looking back 30 years to when England at last made light work of a World Cup qualifying campaign, booking their place in Mexico before the final match.. When the 1986 … Continue Reading England’s Qualifying Campaigns: World Cup 1986 – The tide turns for Robson
England’s final group game yesterday was, very unusually, low on headlines and almost totally devoid of the usual hype. A forgettable, if somewhat predictable, 0-0 dead rubber draw with Costa … Continue Reading England banished into the shadows – June 25th, 1982
