GOLDEN GOAL

The extra time Golden Goal was introduced in March 1993, although the concept was not a new idea. 

The World's second ever football tournament, The Cromwell Cup was played in Sheffield under the mish-mash of Football-Rugby-The Eton Wall Game and Aussie Rules!!! and was known as Sheffield Rules. The final match between Garrick and The Wednesday Club (note the convenience of the "half day closing" of a mid week Wednesday to allow a club to develop!!) was goalless after 90 minutes so both captains decided that the first to score would win!

The report from the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent of February 17th 1868 reported that this was a bit of a farce and an anti-climax. "After playing ten minutes, the Wednesday Club got the ball at the "low end" and one of the other side, in making a kick, got too much under. The ball went UP almost perpendicular and in dropping, it cannoned off someone through the goal! The Wednesday men and friends. who had assembled in great force, gave vent to their voices and we have not heard such a shout since the memorable (really) county match versus Surrey, so unexpectedly won. Hurrah!"

The first golden goal recorded was on 13 March 1993 by Australia against Uruguay in a quarter-final match of the World Youth Championship. The first major tournament final to be decided by such a goal was the 1995 Football League Trophy where Brimingham City beat Carlisle City 1–0, with a goal from Paul Tait, followed by the 1996 European Championship Final, won by Germany over the Czech Republic, scored by Oliver Bierhoff, on June 30th at Wembley. 

The final took place in front of 73,611 spectators, and was refereed by Pierluigi Pairetto. Germany controlled the early stages of the match but the first opportunities to score fell to the Czech Republic with Poborsky and Berger missing the target. In the 34th minute Germany almost took the lead when a volley from Stefan Kuntz beat the Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Kouba but was cleared by Karel Rada, and the half ended goalless. In the 58th minute, the Czech Republic were awarded a penalty. Poborský was brought down by Matthias Sammer, and the referee awarded the spot kick which Berger scored with a shot that went under Andreas Köpke. In the 73rd minute, second-half substitute Oliver Bierhoff scored with a header from a Christian Ziege cross. 

The same sense of injustice was felt again when France applied a similar juddering halt to Italy's gallop in Euro 2000, Trezeguet half-volleyed the ball into the top corner, a golden goal for France who won their second European Championship 2–1.

After tinkering with a "Silver goal" format, which at least allowed teams some scope to bounce back, FIFA dispensed with the idea altogether in 2004!!

GAETJENS STUNS ENGLAND

 USA coach, Bill Jeffrey,. knew his eam hardly had a hope in hell, knowing that they were due to play the might of England in the 1950 World Cup. England had won their first group match against Chile 2-0 (goals from Mortenson and Mannion) and the Americans had lost to Spain 1-3.

Brazil was host to the best nations in the World and their climate was never going to suit everyone, especially the English. It was HOT! The English were finsing it hard to acclimatise and quite frankly, the FA was not used to preparation having not entered a World Cup before....that is another story!

Stanley Matthews was left on the bench for this opener, apparently behing Jimmy Mullen and Tom Finney in the "pecking order". Team selector Arthur Drewry was confident that the FA's selection was the correct one, with players such as Stan Mortensen, Alf Ramsey and Wilf Mannion to back up Jimmy and Tom in the English line up in Belo Horizonte. This was their second game but they were on their way home.

In the 38th minute the USA's Haiti born striker Joe Gaetjens headed home to score the only goal of the match! It was a huge shock for the "favourites" but it did not seem to upset the fans back home. This was the first time the English FA had deigned to enter this World event and the huge shock did not register miuch back in "blighty". The Guardian newspaper reported on its page 10, that "An Argentine born footballer called Gaetjens scored with a good shot from twenty yards". 

Another British paper published the result as 10-1 to England, assuming the score they had been given was wrong and a misprint. England lost the next match against Spain and were on their way home! Having worn blue shirts, the players vowed never to wear that colour shirt again!

It was the 37th minute that would change the course of history. Then, Walter Bahr took a shot from outside the box, and as the English goalkeeper moved to try and stop it, a missile came out of nowhere. That missile was the head of Joe Gaetjens, who dove from the penalty spot to redirect the ball just to the left of the keeper and into the back of the net. It was 1-0 to the USA, and the crowd was stunned.

Here are the culprits...do you remember any of these? Back row: Alf Ramsey, John Aston, Roy Bentley, Laurie Hughes, Billy Wright (won won 105 England caps), Bert Williams in goal.

Front: Jimmy Mullen, Tom Finney, Stan Mortenson, Wilf Mannion, Jimmy Dickinson
 Note no Stanley Matthews!!

THE THING FROM TRING

Graham Poll (born 29 July 1963) is an English former football referee in the Premier League.

Born in Hitchin, is a QPR Supporter. He ran in the London Marathon on 13 April 2008, finishing in a time of four hours and 20 minutes. The proceeds went to the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.

With 26 years of experience, he was one of the most prominent referees in English football, often taking charge of the highest-profile games. His final domestic game in a career spanning 1,544 matches was the Championship play-off final on 28 May 2007 between Derby County and West Bromich Albion.

He was the English representative at two World Cups and UEFA Euro 2000, and refereed the 2005 UEFA Cup Final .

In his third game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, on June 28th, refereeing Croatia v Australia,, a crucial group match for the Aussies. he cautioned Croatian defender Josip Simunic not once but three times before sending him off. Poor soul left the tournament with his "tail between his legs".

Poll retired from refereeing international tournament finals matches shortly afterwards, citing his error in the match. He continued to referee in the Premier League, Champions League and international games, but said he would not allow himself to be nominated to represent the FA at any tournament finals as he felt he had had his chance.

Poll took up refereeing in 1980, progressing from the Isthmian League to become a Football League Assistant Referee in 1986. Five years later he became a full Football League referee, before being selected for the list of Premier League referees in 1993.

Having held a FIFA badge since 1996, he took charge of European matches, including the UEFA Cup final between CSKA Moscow and Sporting Lisbon in 2005. Poll also took charge of international matches, refereeing at FIFA and UEFA tournaments such as Euro 2000, where Poll took charge of France versus Czech Republic, and Norway versus Slovenia in the group stages.

In the dying seconds of the Merseyside Derby between Everton and Liverpool on 21 April 2000 with the score at 0–0, the Liverpool goalkeeper kicked the ball into Don Hutchinson's back while Hutchison was retreating towards his own half. The ball bounced into Liverpool's net, but Poll disallowed the goal, claiming that he had already blown the whistle to end the game. The television slow-motion pictures proved that this was incorrect, and after retiring in May 2007, Poll confessed that disallowing the goal had been a mistake that he regretted.

Poll refereed the Italy versus Croatia game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, played on Saturday 8 June 2002. Poll had a busy game, as there were forty-two fouls, three goals scored, two goals disallowed, and two bookings. Poll was given one more appointment at that world cup: Fourth Official to Pierluigi Collina in the second round match in which Turkey beat Japan 1–0.

Poll was the only English referee at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. His first game was South Korea v Togo. Poll sent off Jean-Paul Abalo of Togo for a second bookable offence, and the match was eventually won by South Korea 2–1. His second game was Saudo Arabia v Ukraine. Ukraine finished the match as the 4–0 winners, and Poll showed six yellows, three to each side. His last game was Criatia v Australia. After already sending off two players, Poll failed to send off Josip Simunic for a second yellow card late in the match, eventually sending him off for a third yellow for dissent at the final whistle. Poll stated that he had erred in his second booking of Šimunić, marking his card with the correct number (3) but in the wrong column due to Šimunić's Australian accent, meaning he booked Australia's Craig Moore instead of Simunic. The game ended 2–2, putting Australia through to the next round. On 28 June, Poll was named as one of 14 officials dismissed by FIFA from the remaining World Cup 2006 matches following his error in the Croatia v. Australia match. Maria Villar Llona, president of the FIFA referee's committee, said of Poll, "He is an exceptional referee and a great sportsman, who will be able to overcome the situation thanks to his strong personality and love of the game."

Poll retired from international tournament finals football on 29 June 2006, citing the error as the reason. He said in his retirement announcement,

What I did was an error in law. There can be no dispute. It was not caused by a FIFA directive, it was not caused by me being asked to referee differently to the way I referee in the Premier League. The laws of the game are very specific. The referee takes responsibility for his actions on the field of play. I was the referee that evening. It was my error and the buck stops with me.

In the press release, he also claimed that he had asked FIFA to be allowed to go home, to be with his family after the trauma of his mistake in the match.

He continued to referee in the Champions League and on international games, but said he would not allow himself to be nominated to represent The FA at any tournament finals. "It's time for somebody else in England to have a go and I will do everything I can to prepare them. But for me tournament football is over," Poll said.

His last match was to have been a Euro 2008 Qualifier on 6 June 2007. After it was discovered he took part in an interview which appeared critical of the support referees receive from the FA in the face of criticism by team managers and coaches the match was overseen by Mile Riley instead. In August 2007, Poll released his autobiography entitled "Seeing Red", and concentrated on being a pundit for BBC Sport's football coverage, and as a columnist with The Daily Mail, his feature entitled "The Official Line".

Poll made several appearances on the football radio show World Soccer Daily, where he was typically asked to provide a view from the point of the referee whenever major controversial issues occur. He also featured weekly on Chappers Premier League Podcast alongside Mark Chapman and Kevin Day. He also featured in the Daily Mail where he spoke on officiating at the highest level, talking about decisions referees have to make. He also appeared regularly as a pundit on Setanta Sports Football Matters show hosted by James Richardson and Rebecca Lowe. Since 2009, Poll has also appeared as a regular news paper reviewer on Sky News Sunrise, and as a writer for DailyMail.com.

ANTONIN PANENKA

Regional tournaments for national teams existed before the advent of a truly pan-European competition. Starting in 1883, the British HOME Championship was an annual competition contested between the UK's four national teams. 

The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central and Southern Europe between 1927 and 1960. There were competitions for professional and amateur teams. Participating nations were: Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland, Romania and (in the final competition) Yugoslavia. Poland and Romania only competed in the amateur competition.

Played as a league on a home and away basis, it was contested six times and each single tournament usually took more than two years to complete. The last two tournaments lasted five years. It was discontinued in 1960, when the European Football Championship started. Winners of the competition included the Austrian Wunderteam of the early 1930s, the Italians also won two World Cups in the 1930s, the Golden Team of Hungary and the Czecholslovakian team that later finished as World Cup runners up in 1962.

National teams eventually entered the FIFA World Cup, which was the most important international tournament these nations competed in. 

The idea for a pan-European football tournament was first proposed by the French Football Fedration secretary-general Henri Delaumnay in 1927, but it was not until 1958 that the tournament was started, three years after Delaunay's death. In honour of Delaunay, the trophy awarded to the champions is named after him. The 1960 tournament, held in France, had four teams competing in the finals out of 17 that entered the competition. It was won by the Soviet Union, beating Yugoslavia 2–1 in a tense final in Paris. Spain withdrew from its quarter-final match against the Soviet Union because of two political protests. Of the 17 teams that entered the qualifying tournament, notable absentees were England, the Netherlands, West Germany and Italy.

Spain held the next tournament in 1964, which saw an increase in entries to the qualification tournament, with 29 entering; West Germany was a notable absentee once again and Greece withdrew after being drawn against Albania, with whom they were still at war. The hosts beat the title holders, the Soviet Union, 2–1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.

The tournament format stayed the same for the 1968 tournament, hosted and won by Italy. For the first and only time, a match was decided on a coin toss (the semi-final between Italy and the Soviet Union) and the final went to a replay, after the match against Yugoslavia finished 1–1. Italy won the replay 2–0. More teams entered this tournament (31), a testament to its burgeoning popularity.

Belgium hosted the 1972 tournament which West Germany won, beating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final, with goals coming from Gerd Muller (twice) and Herbery Wimmer at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. This tournament would provide a taste of things to come, as the German side contained many of the key members of the 1974 FIFA World Cup-winning team.

The 1976 tournament in Yugoslavia was the last in which only four teams took part in the final tournament, and the last in which the hosts had to qualify. Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in the newly introduced penalty shoot out. After seven successful conversions, Uli  Honess missed, leaving Czechoslovakian Antonin Panenka with the opportunity to score and win the tournament. An "audacious" chipped shot described by UEFA as "perhaps the most famous spot kick of all time" secured the victory as Czechoslovakia won 5–3 on penalties. (remember the Penenka?). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FqREm2xdV8

Czech player Antonin Panenka (BELOW), scored a decisive penalty in the UEFA Euro 1976 in Belgrade, when he beat West German goalkeeper Sepp Maier to claim the title for his national side.

This style of penalty kick is also called Il cucchiaio ("the spoon") in Italy, cavadinha ("little dig") in Brazil and penal picado ("poked penalty kick") in Argentina and elsewhere in South America.

EL ANSCHLUSS, ALGERIA, AUSTRIA

Formed in 1962 and was based in the nation capital, Algiers. It has jurisdiction on the nation's football league and is in charge of the nationa's men's and women's teams. Although an unofficial national team had played fixtures since 1958, the first recognized international took place in January 1963, some six months after independence. In 2021, twenty structures were added to the Algerian Football Federation. The Algerian Football Federation is considered a member of FIFA.

Algeria was one of the strongest football nations in Africa and in 1980 they had been runners up in the African Cup of Nations. Two years later, they were fourth and the nation boasted two dangerous attackers, Rabah Madjer and African footballer of the year Lakhdar Belloumi. Few people expected their team to beat the European reigning champions, West Germany, in the opening match of the 1982 World Cup Finals....well they did!!! Belloumi set up Madjer for their opening goal and thern scored the winner in a 2-1 beating of the Germans. Even Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, European footballer of the year could not help!

The next set of results in their group were: Austria 2 beat Chile 1 and then Algeria 2-0. The West Germans then thumped Chile 4-1. who in turn beat Algeria 3-2. This meant that Algeria became the first African side to win TWO matches at a World Cup. Algeria had been leading 3-0 at half time but conceding the two later goals left the "door ajar" for West Germany, who would otherwise been out of the competition.

All the Germans had to do was beat Austria which would have put Algeria out of the competition.

After 11 minutes Horst Hrubesch bundled a goal that the Germans needed and for 80 minutes they protested their lead. The Algerians were not happy and seeing the game drawing to a close condemned the match as a "sinister plot" and demanded that both teams be disqualified for "cheating". Austria manager Georg Schmidt confessed that the action was shameful but German coach Jupp Derwall

said "We came to make progress, not play football!!" The match did provide one service to football which was that FIFA abandoned staggered (time wise) final group matches, which had allowed teams playing later with knowledge of what they needed to do to progress!

SLOVENIA

The Euro 2024 group match is being played in Cologne. From an early stage, Slovenia was only a regional representative team until 1991, when it split from Yugoslavia to become a "country". At the beginning of the 20th Century Slovenia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After the First World War, Slovenia joined the Kingdom of Serbia and then Yugoslavia in 1929.

The first official match as a Slovenian XI was held against France, with Jules Rimet, whose name was on the first World Cup trophy, present as Chef de Mission. The Slovenians lost comfortably, but in 1991 at their independence, they drew with Estonia 1-1 in the first official international. 

England have only previously played Slovenia in the 2010 World Cup, winning 1-0 with a goal from Jermain Defoe and they won the first match in this qualifying league, 3-1, at Wembley.

Origins and pre-independence years (1921–1991): Before Slovenia's independence in 1991, the national football team of Slovenia existed only as a regional team, not officially recognised by FIFA. On 23 June 1921, the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana hosted a match between France and a selection of players from Slovenian clubs. One of the guests at the match was acting FIFA president Jules Rimet, who later initiated the first FIFA World Cup tournament, the trophy named after him. The French team won the match 5–0 and, although the match was not official by international standards, it was, at least in Slovenia, generally accepted as the first appearance of the Slovenia national team. In the following decades, Slovenia played several unofficial friendly matches, including in 1956 against China, in 1968 against Austria, in 1990 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and in 1991 against Croatia. 

In 1992, one year after Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia, the FA of Slovenia was admitted to UEFA and FIFA. In the same year, on 3 June, Slovenia played its first FIFA-recognised game, a friendly match against Estonia in Tallinn. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with the first official goal for the team being scored by Igor Benedejcic. The first coach was Bojan Pranikar. On 7 April 1993, the two teams played another friendly, and this time Slovenia achieved its first international victory by winning the match 2–0.

In 1994, Slovenia debuted in official competitions as the team competed in the UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifiers. Slovenia played in Group 4 and finished in fifth place out of six teams, with eleven points. In the opening match of the qualifiers, Slovenia drew 1–1 at home against 1994 World Cup finalists Italy. In 1998 World Cup qualifications, Slovenia was drawn with Denmark, Croatia, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina, finishing in last place after registering just one point in eight matches.

The Golden generation (1998–2002) The UEFA Euro 2000 campaign. In July 1998, Slovenia finished the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier in second place, only behind Norway. In the play-offs, Slovenia faced Ukraine. The first leg was played in Ljubljana, which Slovenia won 2–1 after trailing 1–0. The second match was played in snowy conditions in Kyiv. A 1–1 draw meant that Slovenia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for its first major tournament.

At Euro 2000, Slovenia were drawn into Group C, together with Spain, FR Yugoslaviaand Norway. In the first game, Slovenia played against Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zahovič scoring twice and Pavlin once. However, Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in just six minutes for a 3–3 draw, despite playing with only ten players after Siniša Mihajlović was sent off. The second game against Spain was played in Amsterdam. Spain took a 1–0 lead with a goal by Raúl, but Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Just a minute later, Spain were leading again as Joseba Etxeberria scored the winning goal. In the last match of the group stage, Slovenia played against Norway and still had a chance to progress to the quarterfinals. The match finished in a goalless draw and Slovenia won its second point of the tournament, but were eliminated. Slovenian football (summary below) has grown in Europe since then.

Current	57th (20 June 2024)
Highest	15th (October–November 2010)
Lowest	134th (December 1993)
First international
Unofficial  Slovenia 0–5 France  (Ljublijana; 23 June 1921)

SCOTS v MAGYARS

 Scotland play Hungary tonight ko 8pm. Below is the history of the fixture.

v Hungary 

Games won:	3
Games drawn:	2
Games lost:	4

Date	Match	Result	Score	Competition
07 Dec 1938	Scotland v Hungary	W	3-1	International Friendly
08 Dec 1954	Scotland v Hungary	L	2-4	International Friendly
29 May 1955	Hungary v Scotland	L	3-1	International Friendly
07 May 1958	Scotland v Hungary	D	1-1	International Friendly
05 Jun 1960	Hungary v Scotland	D	3-3	International Friendly
31 May 1980	Hungary v Scotland	L	3-1	International Friendly
09 Sep 1987	Scotland v Hungary	W	2-0	International Friendly
18 Aug 2004	Scotland v Hungary	L	0-3	International Friendly
27 Mar 2018	Hungary v Scotland	W	0-1	International Friendly
23 Jun 2024	Scotland v Hungary			UEFA European Championship

• 
  

  The first meeting of the two nations: Pre-World War2 Wednesday, 7 December 1938, 3:00pm
  
  

  Scotland

  3-1

  Hungary
  
  

  International Friendly
  
  

  Referee: Harry Nattrass, Sunderland 
  
  

  23 000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow 
  1-0 (19') Tommy Walker (pen), 2-0 (26') Andy Black, 3-0 (29') Torry Gillick, 3-1 (72') György Sárosi (pen)
  A win for the Scots will help moral but will it help further involvement in the EURO24?!

THE HAND OF GOD

On June 22nd 1986, a football match between England and Argentina took place in the FIFA World Cup. This was the third World Cup meeting between the two nations and the first since the Falklands War, fought out in 1982, between the two countries. Two famous goals were scored within minutes of each other.....

Argentinian, Diego Maradona, showed the footballing World two sides of his character, when in the World Cup quarter-final in the Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, he scored two goals, one controversial to say the least! England's spearhead was made up with Peter Beardsley and Gary Lineker but the duo was snuffed out by the Argentinian defence. It was Diego that made the difference at the other end of the pitch. He seemed to scare the English defenders when ever he gained possession. Remember the English team? Shilton, Stevens G, Butcher, Fenwick, Sansom, Hoddle, Stevens, (Barnes sub), Reid (Waddle sub) Hodge, Lineker, Bearsdley. 114,580 witnessed Maradona's "Hand of God"!

Maradona's "handballed" goal stands out in memory, commonly known as the "Hand of God", he cheated England out of the competition and used the phrase to claim his innocence. 

After England's controversial third goal in 1966 World Cup Final, Diego created another, twenty years later, with what the English press called "The Hand of the Devil"!!! Can you bear to watch this!!??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UENWK7RVn64

Four minutes later, with England still recovering from that controversy, Maradona weaved himself through the English defence, leaving five English defenders in his wake and scored a miraculous solo goal, with English defenders frightened to tackle him, fearing a penalty decision.

ENGLAND v DENMARK

Yesterday, June 20th 2024, the fixture list for EURO 2024 showed Denmark playing England at 5pm. We had a Walking Football session at Penistone AFC that afternoon and the timetable was arranged to accommodate both our important activity and the big game. 

England's first international football match took place on March 8th 1873 at the Kennington Oval (yes the Cricket ground). It was against the auld enemy, Scotland, of course. Across the channel matches did not get sorted until 1908 when England went on tour to Austria, Hungary and Bohemia in June.

The first fixture between England and Denmark was played on the 9th October 1948 at Idraestparken in Copenhagen. The match, watched by 41,000 resulted in a 0-0 draw! The England team included Frank Swift, as captain in goal, Billy Wright, Stanley Matthews, Len Shackleton and Tommy Lawton. I hope you have heard of these very famous internationals? The others included L. Scott of Arsenal,  J. Aston (Man U), H. Cockburn (Man U), J. Hagan (Sheff U) and R. Langton (Blackburn R, Preston NE and Bolton W).

Below, the list of past matches between the two nations.

26 Sep 1948	Denmark v England	D	0-0	International Friendly
02 Oct 1955	Denmark v England	W	1-5	International Friendly
05 Dec 1956	England v Denmark	W	5-2	FIFA World Cup
15 May 1957	Denmark v England	W	1-4	FIFA World Cup
03 Jul 1966	Denmark v England	W	0-2	International Friendly
20 Sep 1978	Denmark v England	W	3-4	UEFA European Championship
12 Sep 1979	England v Denmark	W	1-0	UEFA European Championship
22 Sep 1982	Denmark v England	D	2-2	UEFA European Championship
21 Sep 1983	England v Denmark	L	0-1	UEFA European Championship
14 Sep 1988	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
07 Jun 1989	Denmark v England	D	1-1	International Friendly
15 May 1990	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
11 Jun 1992	Denmark v England	D	0-0	UEFA European Championship
09 Mar 1994	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
15 Jun 2002	Denmark v England	W	0-3	FIFA World Cup
16 Nov 2003	England v Denmark	L	2-3	International Friendly
17 Aug 2005	Denmark v England	L	4-1	International Friendly
09 Feb 2011	Denmark v England	W	1-2	International Friendly
05 Mar 2014	England v Denmark	W	1-0	International Friendly
08 Sep 2020	Denmark v England	D	0-0	UEFA Nations League
14 Oct 2020	England v Denmark	L	0-1	UEFA Nations League
07 Jul 2021	England v Denmark	W	2-1	UEFA European Championship
20 Jun 2024	Denmark v England			UEFA European Championship

and the result was 1-1!! Thanks to Harry Kane. Not a match or result to get over excited about.
and FIFA Ranking of Denmark.

Current	21  (20 June 2024)
Highest	3 (May 1997, August 1997)
Lowest	51 (April 2017)
First international
Denmark 9–0 France B  (at London, England; 19 October 1908)
Biggest win
Denmark 17–1 France  (at London, England; 22 October 1908)
Biggest defeat
Germany 8–0 Denmark  (at Breslau, Germany; 16 May 1937)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1986)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1998)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champions (1992)
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Appearances	1 (first in 1993)
Best result	Runners-up (1993)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (1995)

In the first official football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, Denmark won a silver medal. Of course England have not won any Olympic medals...because the country enters the Olympics under the heading of Great Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_Olympic_football_team