England on This Day: Football History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

England On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the national side's rollercoaster past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Lions diary--with an entry for every day of the year. From the first ever international match in 1872 to the Premier League era, England's faithful fans have witnessed decades of world domination and tragicomic failures, grudge matches, World Cup heroics, bizarre goals, fouls, and metatarsals--all featured here. Timeless greats such as Bobby Charlton, Kevin Keegan, and Paul Gascoigne, Steve Bloomer, David Beckham, and Stanley Matthews all loom larger than life. Revisit May 12, 1971, when England beat Malta 5-0 and Gordon Banks only got four touches--all backpasses September 1, 2001: Germany 1-5 England Or July 12, 1966, when the England team took a morale-boosting trip to the set of You Only Live Twice.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Published: 04/01/2021
ISBN: 9781785317194
Pages: 224