History of the England national football team
[1] The first England team in this match was: Robert Barker (Hertfordshire Rangers), goal; Harwood Greenhalgh (Notts Club), three-quarter back; R. C. Welch (Harrow Chequers), half-back; F. Chappell (Oxford University), fly-kick; capt.
While the England players were getting changed, a Football Association official went into their dressing room, and told them that they had to make the Nazi salute during the playing of the German national anthem.
Eddie Hapgood, normally a respectful and devoted captain, wagged his finger at the official and told him what he could do with the Nazi salute, which involved putting it where the sun doesn't shine.
The FA official left, but returned saying he had a direct order from British Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson that the players must make the salute, because the political situation between Britain and Germany was now so sensitive it needed "only a spark to set Europe alight".
[1] Winterbottom's reign began strongly with a series of lopsided victories, providing a false sense of security that the post-war England team had retained its early international preeminence.
After Winterbottom left in 1962 to become general secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation,[1] England's former captain Alf Ramsey was appointed and crucially won the right to choose the squad and team himself, taking that role away from the selection committee.
An injury to the centre-forward Jimmy Greaves in the final group match against France prompted Ramsey into a rethink for the quarter-final against Argentina, and the inexperienced replacement Geoff Hurst responded by scoring the only goal of the game.
[26] The game prompted a memorable piece of commentary from the BBC's Kenneth Wolstenholme when describing the run and shot from Hurst which led to his third goal at the end of extra time: "Some of the crowd are on the pitch, they think it's all over!...It is now!
[30]: 106 The world-class nucleus of Bobby Charlton, Moore and Gordon Banks was still intact; Hurst, Peters and Alan Ball had further enhanced their reputations, and Mullery, Terry Cooper, Colin Bell and Allan Clarke had been added to the squad.
[35][33] Charlton broke Billy Wright's record for England caps in this game but told Ramsey on the flight home from Mexico that he no longer wished to be considered for future selection.
[1] Twelve minutes into the second half, Norman Hunter, in the team for Moore, lost the ball to Grzegorz Lato, who squared it for Jan Domarski to shoot under Shilton's body.
[38]: 128 Revie selected a squad to take part in a mini-tournament in South America in the summer of 1977, but initially did not accompany the players, saying he was going to scout the opposition England were still due to face in the qualifiers for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
[39][42] Bryan Robson, Kenny Sansom, Terry Butcher and Glenn Hoddle were already fully fledged internationals as England turned their attention to qualifying for the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
England struggled to find consistency in a campaign that saw them lose away to Norway, Switzerland and Romania,[43] and Greenwood was set to resign after the away match against Hungary before being persuaded to stay on by his players during the flight home.
[51] On the pitch, Robson's England failed to make the final stages of the 1984 European Championships, their hopes of qualification effectively ended in the autumn of 1983 when they lost 1–0 to Denmark at Wembley.
[70] Several factors in their World Cup run initiated the international and domestic rehabilitation of the reputation of football in British society following the Heysel disaster of 1985 and hooliganism: the team's good performance, the relative lack of violence, winning the Fair Play Award, and the emergence of Paul Gascoigne, who famously cried after being booked against West Germany, which would have ruled him out of the final had England won.
[94] After this promising build-up, Hoddle came under fire for omitting fans' favourites Paul Gascoigne and Matt Le Tissier from the squad for the finals, bringing their international careers to an end.
[97][98] Things became worse when his side's results deteriorated after the World Cup, as England suffered a poor start to the Euro 2000 qualifying tournament, and there was reported discontent between Hoddle and several senior players, most notably Shearer.
[citation needed] Hoddle was dismissed on 2 February 1999, two days after an interview with The Sunday Times in which he spoke about his belief in reincarnation and was reported as saying that disabled people were paying for sins in a previous life.
[107] On 7 October 2000, after losing the opening World Cup qualifier to Germany in the last game at Wembley before its redevelopment, Keegan resigned, citing that he was "a little bit short for what is required of this job".
[108] The FA's chief executive of the time, Adam Crozier, reluctantly accepted Keegan's resignation in the Wembley tunnel's lavatory, and before leaving the stadium, he telephoned the agent of Sven-Göran Eriksson to talk about the vacancy.
[112][113] He immediately turned around the team's qualifying campaign with a 5–1 victory over Germany in Munich, where England came from behind with goals from Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard and a Michael Owen hat-trick.
[115][116] In the finals in South Korea and Japan, England beat Argentina 1–0 in the group stage, David Beckham scoring the only goal with a penalty, and reached the quarter-finals, where they met Brazil.
[151] With Owen, Rooney and Terry missing from the starting line-up, McClaren recalled players that were inexperienced and out of form, including Micah Richards, Wayne Bridge and Joleon Lescott.
[160] The opening match against the United States started well with Gerrard scoring after just four minutes, but Clint Dempsey equalised with a speculative shot that was mishandled by Rob Green; the game ended 1–1.
[161] England's second match against Algeria ended in a goalless draw, leading to the English press questioning Capello's tactics, as well as the team's spirit and ability to handle the pressure.
[176][177] John Terry was stripped of the captaincy for the second time after he was charged for racism offences relating to an incident in a Premier League match with the Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand.
[213] Shortly before the next round of qualifying matches, The Daily Telegraph broke a story of Allardyce appearing to meet a group of Asian businessmen, who were later revealed to be undercover journalists working for the newspaper.
There were no further goals in a cagey period of extra time, but Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed in the ensuing penalty shoot-out, which Italy won 3–2.
[270] In the first match, England beat Iran 6–2 thanks to goals from Jude Bellingham, a brace from Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish.
