I've been doing some homework on the euros and have even surprised myself and have to ask,
wtf are we moaning at ?all the other group qualifiers so far, have been given warm support from their fans despite most big sides clearly underperforming
lets look at Englands history in the tournament
first time England even made it to the finals was in 1980 and they failed to get past the group stage
1 Belgium 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
2 Italy (H) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
3 England 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 Spain 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
in 1984 England didn't even qualify, failed to reach the finals from a group of 5 that were Denmark Greece Hungary Luxembourg England
1988, lost every game, zero points
1 Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
2 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
3 Rep Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4 England-- 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
1992. managed to finish bottom of the group again without a win
1 Sweden (H) 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
2 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
3 France-- 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 England-- 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
1996 Hosts, everyone remembers 96 as a great tournament for England, yet, drew the opening game v the Swiss , then that moment v the Scots where they miss a penalty and England go up the other end and score, could have been so different, of course we had the great 4-1 victory v the dutch, and then into the knockout stages, 0-0 and a win on pens followed by another draw and lose on pens , was it really that great ?
1 England (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
2 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3 Scotland---- 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4 Switzerland -3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
2000, England only got there via a play off after finishing the 8th from 9 best second placed sides and then beat Scotland 2-0 after losing the first leg 1-0 at Wembley
once there we flopped again in the group stages losing twice
1 Portugal -----3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
2 Romania -----3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 England -----3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Germany ----3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
2004
England actually qualify from the group stages but went out at the next stage to Portugal , had England not lost to France in the group stages they would have met Greece who went on to win the tournament, England led France 1-0 with 91 minutes on the clock, but lost 2-1
1 France ----3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
2 England ----3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3 Croatia ----3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
4 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
2008. England failed to reach the finals after finished 3rd in their qualifying group of 7 sides Russia Croatia England Israel Macedonia Estonia Andorra
2012. England win their group but fall at the next hurdle to Italy
1 England----- 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
2 France ------3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Ukraine (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2
4 Sweden ----3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
2016 England qualify again, and then play Iceland, what could possibly go wrong ?
1 Wales 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
2 England 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 Russia 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Southgate era
2020 England win their group , then beat the germans 2-0. smash Ukraine 4-0 , beat Denmark 2-1 in semis and lost on pens in the final
( prior to this tournament, England had managed just 1 single victory in the knockout stages and that was via a penalty shootout )
1 England (H) -----3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
2 Croatia ----------3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4 Scotland (H) -----3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
2024 England win the group.........to be continued
1 England -----3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
2 Denmark 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
3 Slovenia -----3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4 Serbia -----3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2