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Interestingly though - the French either do really well, or flop completely. 1954 - didn't get out of the group 1958 - 3rd 1962 - didn't qualify 1966 - didn't get out of the group 1970 - didn't qualify 1974 - 4th 1978 - didn't get out of the group 1982 - 4th 1986 - 3rd 1990 - didn't qualify...

We were behind the Dutch going into the last game - so had to win by 7 or so to overtake them if they lost to Poland. Obviously Poland never do us any favours in qualifying groups - and the Dutch beat them quite easily; thus rendering our result meaningless. The real killer game in that...

And apart from the aberration of 1994, the other two non qualifying years weren't actually too shabby in retrospect: 1974 - second in qualifying group behind Poland - who came third in Finals. 1978 - second in qualifying group behind Italy - who came fourth in the Finals. 1994 - third in...