The highs and lows of his England tenure

Gareth Southgate managed England for 102 matches across a near eight year reign in English football’s top job.

Under his leadership the Three Lions won 61 games, drew 24 and lost 17, scoring 213 goals and conceding just 72. His win ratio of 59.8% was not as high as Fabio Capello, Glenn Hoddle or Ron Greenwood but was a smidge higher than Sven Goran Eriksson.

What he did do better than those others is he guided England to their first World Cup semi-final in 28 years and reached their first ever European Championship Finals in 2020 and 2024.

Let’s look at some of the highs and lows of his time in charge.

After 102 games and almost eight years in charge, Gareth Southgate has announced he is to leave his role as manager of the #ThreeLions.

— England (@England) July 16, 2024

Highs

We’ve got our England back

It’s fair to say Gareth Southgate took over at perhaps the lowest ebb in history, when it comes to engagement with the England National Football team.

At the 2014 World Cup Roy Hodgson’s side had lost 2-1 to Italy, by the same score to Uruguay and then drew 0-0 with Costa Rica. Hodgson irked many with his statement that his side had knuckled down and given England fans ‘something to cheer’ in the stalemate which sealed their position at the bottom of the group.

Euro 2016 was certainly more dramatic, although not necessarily in a good way. Russia nabbed an injury-time equaliser in England’s opening game, Daniel Sturridge netted the winner in the dying seconds against Wales and a goalless draw with Slovakia rounded-off the group.

Iceland were next up in the Round of 16 and England were ahead after just four minutes through Wayne Rooney’s penalty. What happened next was one of the darkest chapters in English football history. The minnows came back to win 2-1 and Hodgson was gone.

His replacement Sam Allarydce lasted just 67 days and one match before leaving the role after an undercover investigation uncovered ‘inappropriate behaviour’…

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Author : Alex Hoad

Publish date : 2024-07-16 13:04:49

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