England national football team manager
[3] A 1–0 defeat by Switzerland prompted FA secretary Stanley Rous to raise Winterbottom from "National Director of coaching" to "Manager".
Winterbottom held the position for the longest to date; a tenure of 16 years, including four appearances in the World Cup and a total of 139 matches.
[16] Due to the high level of expectation of both the public and media, the role has been described as "the impossible job"[3][17] or compared in importance in national culture to that of the British Prime Minister.
After the Second World War, with the relaunch of competitive international calendar, the manager's role expanded to take in all elements: from the selection of hotel and training camp venues, through to food and travel arrangements.
"[37] He guided England to first place in the 1953–54 British Home Championship, which qualified the team for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, but saw his side knocked out in the quarter-finals, going down 4–2 against Uruguay.
[38][39] Three wins and a draw from four matches enabled England's qualification for the 1958 World Cup,[40] only for Winterbottom's side to fail in the group play-off stage, losing 1–0 to the Soviet Union.
[50] Losing out to West Germany again, this time in a two-legged quarter-final for Euro 1972, Ramsey prepared England for qualification for the 1974 World Cup.
[50] Joe Mercer took control of the team on a caretaker basis for seven matches,[52] before the FA appointed Don Revie on a five-year contract.
[53] Brian Clough applied for the position in 1977, but the FA rejected him[54] and Ron Greenwood was appointed, initially as a temporary replacement for Revie, but later in 1977 on a permanent basis.
England changed formation from their traditional 4–4–2 to incorporate a sweeper, with some sources suggesting this was due to player revolt after the 1–1 draw in the first match with the Republic of Ireland.
[76] In January 1996, he announced that he would resign after the tournament as a result of several court cases, but led England to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Germany on penalties.
[77] He was replaced by Glenn Hoddle, whose unorthodox off-the-field approach in bringing in faith healer Eileen Drewery to help the team drew significant criticism.
[6] Eriksson had a good record in European domestic football, with success in Portugal and Italy, and had led clubs to win UEFA competitions twice.
[89] He led England to qualify for the 2002 World Cup with David Beckham scoring the vital equaliser against Greece, deep into injury time.
[90] England were knocked out by Brazil in the quarter-finals and Eriksson came under fire for his "ice-cool" appearance on the touchline failing to inspire his team,[89] senior player Gareth Southgate remarking after the tournament that "we needed Winston Churchill but we got Iain Duncan Smith".
[91] Eriksson led England to qualification for Euro 2004 but once more the team fell at the quarter-final stage, again losing on penalties, this time to Portugal.
[92] Losing 1–0 to Northern Ireland in Belfast during the qualification for the 2006 World Cup led to fans chanting "Sack the Swede", frustrated again at the lack of obvious emotion in Eriksson while his coach, Steve McClaren, was much more animated.
[97] The defeat by Croatia is remembered in the sports press for the moniker "Wally with the Brolly", a reference to McClaren's pitchside presence under an umbrella in a match played in heavy rain.
Two lacklustre draws in the group stage against the United States and Algeria were followed by an ignominious 4–1 defeat by traditional rivals Germany in the Round of 16.
[104] In February 2012, Capello resigned following the FA's decision to remove the captaincy of the national side from John Terry, with Englishman Stuart Pearce taking over the role on a caretaker basis.
[105] Following a 3–2 defeat at Wembley Stadium by the Netherlands in February,[106] Pearce was replaced on 1 May 2012 by West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson on a four-year contract.
[13] After only 67 days in the job, a video published by The Daily Telegraph showed Allardyce making insulting statements against former manager Roy Hodgson, and explaining how to circumvent regulations of The FA on third party ownership of players.
[119] When he resigned, following the loss of the 1994 World Cup spot to Norway, they reverted to the turnip image, accompanying the front-page headline, "That's yer allotment".
What you sow, you have to reap.Public opinion, based upon the immediate media furore resulted in (according to one BBC poll) 90% of respondents believing Hoddle should not continue as England coach.
[126] Eriksson's private life came under scrutiny, with a number of well-publicised stories of affairs with women including Ulrika Jonsson,[127] and FA secretary Faria Alam,[128] despite his on-going relationship with Nancy Dell'Olio.
[129] Though Eriksson maintained in press conferences that his personal life was a private matter,[130] his relationships with Jonsson in 2002 and Alam in 2004 were subject to tabloid headlines for several weeks.
Campaigns for managers to be dismissed have been front-page news, with eye-catching headlines including "The final ron-devouz" (for Greenwood), "In the Name of Allah Go" (for Robson), "Norse Manure" (for Taylor), and "Blair Gives Hoddle The Red Card" (for Hode).
[132] Eriksson survived several scandals whilst in office, but his tenure was eventually ended when he was one of a series of celebrities targeted by a tabloid 'sting', orchestrated by The Fake Sheikh, Mazher Mahmood.
Former FA chief executive, Graham Kelly recalled a campaign, orchestrated by The Sun against Bobby Robson, that began in 1984 (six years before his resignation):[132] The Sun was handing over "Robson Out" badges at England games as early as 1984 but the FA's then chief executive, Graham Kelly, recalled that with every press attack, his backing increased.
[137] The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each England manager including their results in the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship.
