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World Cup / Euro Championship semi-final appearances in my lifetime... 16 - Germany/ West Germany 10 - Italy 9 - Netherlands 7 - France 5 - Portugal 4 - Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic 4 - Spain 3 - Belgium 3 - USSR / Russia 2 - Denmark 2 - England 2 - Sweden 2 - Poland 2 - Turkey 1 - Bulgaria...

The difference is, in Spain and Italy for instance, only a very few clubs (maybe three or four per country) can afford the kind of salaries that English clubs all the way down to 16th can afford. Therefore, there's greater capacity for overseas players to come here and ply their trade, knocking...