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Sorry, I stand corrected. ONE semi final in a major tournament held outside England since we first entered a World Cup in 1950. Same as South Korea, Belgium, Bulgaria, Turkey etc. It's not good is it?

We're talking at cross purposes I think. The Dutch and Germans have money in their games, relatively speaking, yet clearly do a better job of directing it to where it adds value for the nation and not straight into player's pockets. As El Presidente said on another thread, go to Holland and...

The wealthy European leagues are English, Spanish, Italian and German, followed by the French league. Four of them are football power houses, and one is mediocre that hasn't gone beyond the last 8 of ANY major competition hosted abroad EVER. A nation with as much money in the game as ours...

I'm 42 and we've never reached a final. I have seen Denmark and the Czech Republic do it though. And I've seen Bulgaria and Belgium make a World Cup semi too. Jesus Christ.

Euro 1984 France v Spain WC 1986 Argentina v West Germany Euro 1988 Netherlands v Russia WC 1990 West Germany v Argentina Euro 1992 Denmark v Germany WC 1994 Brazil v Italy Euro 1996 Germany v Czech Rep WC 1998 France v Brazil Euro 2000 France v Italy WC 2002 Brazil v Germany Euro 2004 Greece...