I knew Mexico, and Portugal through my Dad showing me Bobby Charlton's goals ad infinitum. The goal against Mexico would have gone through the Wembley terrace had the back stanchion not stopped it...I wasn't born, but he always said the semi final Charlton was simply unstoppable (his other goal...
Agree, and I think it goes a lot deeper too, I think Gareth has a vision not just of the England team, but of the entire international setup and how it works from top to bottom.
Brilliant quote in the Times on Sunday I thought: [for Garth Southgate's England] "Team is not just the most...
Or with the FA waking up to taking the youth sections seriously, that it is a system to properly develop not only players but an England manager from within that system, that actually we can build from this point for a completely different England team paradigm.
I'm not suggesting that will...
The criticism looked a bit absurd at the time because within football, there is the knowledge that he set about transforming the England youth setups while with the U21s, and paved the way for the success that they have been achieving, studiously plotting in great detail how to run and...