English national football team
The English national football team's moment of greatest triumph was in 1966 when the side led by Bobby Moore under the managership of Alf Ramsey[?] won the World Cup. In the final, England beat the German national football[?] team by 4 goals to 2, with 3 goals from Geoff Hurst and one from Martin Peters[?].
In 2001, Sven Goran Eriksson[?] became the first foreign[?] national to become the manager of England. They qualified for the Football World Cup 2002 (held in Japan and Korea) in a tense finale on the 6th October 2001, with the final goal which gave them the much-needed draw against Greece coming from David Beckham in the dying seconds of the game. This result ensured automatic qualification above Germany on goal difference. In the World Cup itself, England reached the quarter-finals before being beaten by eventual tournament winners Brazil 2-1.
The first national manager, Walter Winterbottom, died in February 2002.
England is a member of UEFA.
Top England goalscorers
Player
When
No. of Games
No. of Goals
Bobby Charlton
1958-70
106
49
Gary Lineker
1984-92
80
48
Jimmy Greaves
1959-67
57
44
Tom Finney
1946-58
76
30
Nat Lofthouse
1950-58
33
30
Alan Shearer
1992-2000
63
30
Viv Woodward
1903-11
23
29
Steve Bloomer
1895-1907
23
28
David Platt
1989-96
62
27
Bryan Robson
1979-91
90
26
Geoff Hurst
1966-72
49
24
Stan Mortensen
1947-53
25
23
Michael Owen
1998-2003
50
22
Tommy Lawton
1938-48
23
22
Mick Channon
1972-77
46
21
Kevin Keegan
1972-82
63
21
Martin Peters
1966-74
77
20
George Camsell
1929-36
9
18
Dixie Dean
1927-32
16
18
Johnny Haynes
1954-62
56
18
Roger Hunt
1962-69
34
18
England managers
Manager
Years in charge
Sir Walter Winterbottom
1946-1962
Sir Alf Ramsey[?]
1963-1974
Joe Mercer[?]
1974
Don Revie[?]
1974-1977
Ron Greenwood[?]
1977-1982
Bobby Robson
1982-1990
Graham Taylor[?]
1990-1993
Terry Venables[?]
1993-1996
Glenn Hoddle[?]
1996-1999
Howard Wilkinson[?]
1999
Kevin Keegan[?]
1999-2000
Peter Taylor[?]
2000
Sven Goran Eriksson[?]
2001 - present
Honours