By The Coach and 1970's Gooner
Why is it that England has not excelled in the international arena since the 1966 World Cup which was held on home soil?
After this famous victory, the fortunes of England have followed mostly a downward direction.
For the next forty years the maximum the national team has achieved is to reach the semi finals of a major competition only three times:
the 1968 European Nations Cup (as it was called then), the World Cup in 1990 and six years after that, in 1996, in the European Championships, which were held in England.
Since then and in between the England national team has failed to progress beyond the quarter finals of any international tournament.
Why is this so?
The simple answer is of course that there have not been enough world class football players in England.
In our opinion the reason for this lies on the emphasis placed.......
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