So yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and thusly the reunification of Germany. To mark the occasion I watched the rather brilliant film Goodbye Lenin! (recommended, if you haven’t seen it), which basically takes place during the fall of the Berlin Wall, from the East German perspective.
Anyway, one [...]

The documentary “Do I Not Like That – The Final Chapter” follows Graham Taylor, and his disastrous attempt to lead England through qualification to World Cup ‘94.
The documentary is now infamous for all kinds of reasons. Taylor’s use of the phrase “Do I not like that”. Phil Neal emerging as the ultimate Yes Man. Ronald [...]

Oh, happy days. The is from the Euro ‘96 group game, when England beat a fractured Netherlands team 4-1 at Wembley.
You know things are looking good when Paul Ince pulls something from his probably-not-very-big bag of tricks and wins a penalty. And that Alan Shearer’s strike might be my favourite England goal of all time.
It’s [...]

I’m going to ignore what happened in the rest of this game, because a) I’ve already covered David Beckham’s petulant streak once this week and b) I don’t have the heart to write about another England penalty defeat.
Instead let’s focus on the above goal.

John Barnes made his England debut in May 1983. A year later (June 1984) he scored the above goal in a friendly vs Brazil at the Maracanã, dribbling through half the Brazilian team and then around the keeper before tapping home.

I still struggle to get my head around the fact that Brian Clough never managed the England team. He was the greatest manager of his generation and he desperately wanted the job. But he never got it.
Imagine if Clough was around today? An Englishman who wins trophies? The FA would be tripping over their expensive [...]

Weird that a game we lost 1-0 produced two of the most fondly remembered moments in England history. But such is life as an England fan.
It was the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, and holders England faced soon-to-be-champions Brazil, in a group game in Guadalajara. Brazil won the game 1-0 with a great goal [...]

It’s tough to find things to write about between games on England WCB, so we’re starting a new feature called England Flashback, where we revisit some big moments in the history of the Three Lions.
Not just the glorious moments, but the heartbreak too (of which there is plenty). But to kick us off, we’ll start [...]