A tearful Paul Gascoigne (right) is consoled by team mate Terry Butcher during the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - David Cannon/Getty Images English masculinity died on a foreign field 35 years ago – ...
It all ended in tears but England's World Cup semi-final game in 1990 went down in history as one of the most iconic matches. This weekend marks 30 years since Sir Bobby Robson's team narrowly missed ...
“There's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England,” wrote Rupert Brooke. Although it is probably defined by disappointment. And if the corner isn’t, the penalty spot almost certainly is.
As players and fans head for the Italian mainland, can World in Motion, Platt's goal, and Gazza's tears change English football's reputation and help the beautiful game?