That England team was unlucky not to win something. They were very good. They lost to two eventual WC winners in a row in 1986 and 1990. They were the #1 ranke

That England team was unlucky not to win something. They were very good. They lost to two eventual WC winners in a row in 1986 and 1990. They were the #1 ranked ELO team for a while in the late 1980s : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings#List_of_number-one_teams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings#Lis... Just as a note, I'm not English nor do I have English heritage and don't 'support' England.