This is a detailed history of the England football team, from the first international matches at the end of the nineteenth century up to the present day. It vividly brings to life many important games and also provides fascinating insights into the behind-the-scenes politics.
Fully revised and updated for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, England Expects is the definitive history of the England football team. From the inaugural international matches in the mid-19th century, via the glories of 1966 through to the advent of Fabio Capello's reign, it is an engrossing and graphic narrative history of the inside stories, dramas and shattered dreams of England's footballers. The second edition is revised to include a new introduction, a new chapter detailing all the agonies of the 2006 World Cup and the contrasting fortunes of Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello.
