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Up to a point, but then England reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup with Danny Mills, Emile Heskey and Trevor Sinclair in their team. That was the one that slipped away really, in as much as England were a goal up approaching half time and then seemed to lose the plot in the 2nd...

There are some parallels with 1990 in as much as England didn't start particularly well and were under pressure but then got better and in fact played one of their best performances in the tournament in defeat. The match against Holland stands out because of how well England played that night...