England and the World Cup - History

1966 was a great year for English football, having chosen to host the World Cup final and England went on, Stadium to win the competition for the first and only West Germany won 4-2 in the final in front of 100,000 Fans at Wembley Stadium.

The World Cup was a wonderful occasion marked by a victory hat-trick scored by Geoff Hurst, scored two of his goals in extra time to seal England.

The England fansPassion for football and their national team and the long day the team once again lift the World Cup, there were eleven in the world-famous after the famous Cup victory of England in 1966 and by the time the next Cup World in Brazil in 2014 would be 48 years since England won the trophy.

The 1970 World Cup saw England try to defend their trophy in Mexico, but lost in the final quarter in aFinal re-match of 1966 with the Federal Republic of Germany, 2-0 defeat this time to lead England to win 3-2 after extra time and put an end to rule England champion.

England failed to qualify for 1974, after drawing with Poland and Wales in a qualified group of three teams. England only win was a 1-0 victory away to win a Wales, but home runs and a 2-0 defeat against Poland, their fate was sealed one, like Poland for the World Cup qualifying inFederal Republic of Germany, as the winner of the group.

Qualification for the finals in 1978 ended in disappointment again when England were Italy, Finland and Luxembourg are grouped together, and despite losing only qualifying and finishing points of the group level, qualified as group winners Italy with a better goal difference.

In 1982, the World Cup Final Greenwood were in Spain and England will now be managed by Ron qualified for the final place for the first time since 1970.The competition was organized in groups of two phases, with England against France, Czechoslovakia and Kuwait to top group and qualify for the group stage next, playing Germany and Spain, which England has seen a tie for 0-0 with both teams, but when Germany beat Spain 2-1 and top the group who qualified for the semi-final and England have been destroyed, lost, ironically, not a single game in the Finals.

The 1986 final will be held by fans in England for one of the memorable Worlds' greatest players and one of the goals in World Cup history, he said. England had the group stage as badly beat Portugal 1-0 and then were held 0-0 by Morocco to begin with, but have pledged their road to the next stage with a 3-0 victory over Poland, thanks to a first half hat-trick from Gary Lineker.

As competition in the knock-out stages of England have been drawn against Paraguay, and set an impressive 3-0 win fourthtie> Last with Argentina, fun game scored after 51 minutes when a controversy in an aerial challenge for the ball with England goalkeeper Peter Shilton, Diego Maradona punched the ball actually give the goal, Argentina 1-0 Lead . Surprisingly, the goal was given, later declared goal Maradona was due to "the hand of God"

Three minutes later, Maradona scored a goal of genius, when he ran with the ball from his own half, broke a number of players from England and the scoregive a 2-0 Argentina. Gary Lineker scored the consolation goal in the score to 2-1 but Argentina takes to win and went on to win the competition.

Italy hosted the 1990 World Cup final, which was once again end in disappointment for England and the Netherlands have been grouped with the Republic of Ireland, Egypt surprising all the games have been aside by England's 1-0 win against Egypt saw the top of the group and suggest the progress to the next round EnglandBelgium 1-0 after extra time and progress to the quarter-finals England were facing Cameroon won 3-2 after extra-time after Gary Lineker scored two penalties in a game.

The 1990 World Cup semi-final was between England and now rivals West Germany after a 1-1 draw, the match was decided 4-3 famous for sanctions, which Germany won. In the 3rd place play-off match England lost 2-1 to Italy for fourth place their best finish since 1966.

In 1994,England not to qualify for the finals in the United States, and it was 1998 that saw them reach the finals taking place in France, hoping to reach the semifinals of Euro '96 and won their qualifying group level. A 2-1 defeat in Romania marked the second group stage and a tough match against Argentina in the first knockout round. Penalties proved to be England's nemesis once again be ready after the match 2-2, England lost 4-3 on penalties and were on their way home again.

For 2002The competition was held in Korea and Japan and the "Group of Death" with so-called rivals Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria, England, to avenge the second in the group, but the penalty against Argentina's 1-0 defeat in 1998. After beating Denmark 3-0 in the next round, the quarter-final against Brazil has led to a disappointing 2-1 defeat more pain and the World Cup.

2006 England draw the short straw on penalties, this time in Portugal after a 0-0 quarter-finalWith three penalties to reach final in England.

Hopes were still high for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after a good qualifying, but a poor performance and a 1-0 win against Slovenia, have seen progress from the group stage, only to be beaten by Germany 4-1 in the next round, there are no penalties this time is necessary.

The long wait for World Cup success in England continues, but each race brings new hope for the long-sufferingBritish fans.

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