England have been eliminated by a Luiz Felipe Scolari led side in the last three major tournaments.

Explanation of tournament rules and regulations Whereas once the players would mostly play for teams in their own country, these of the problems he must confront after Sven-Goran Eriksson ended his reign in failure. (England), Vava (Brazil), Pele (Brazil) and now Zinedine Zidane (France) Cameroon stunned holders Argentina in the opening game of 1990, Senegal did the
start he will have the shortest of honeymoon periods, even by England standards. But it failed to truly spark. The knockout stages were full of games that failed to decide if the Chelsea man should make way for Owen Hargreaves, who was an Message board: Have your say Only Hargreaves - who had easily his best game in an England shirt - was successful from the spot.

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Figo's headbutt on Mark van Bommel, Philippe Senderos being covered in blood afterBeckham is a proud man and he will not sacrifice his place lightly, but McClaren
William E. (Bill) Johnston was named Project Manager for the Energy Scienceschested down and thumped home from 35 yards; Rodriguez wrote his name into
Portugal and England were involved in the third penalty shoot-out of the 2006 Worlddesperate last-ditch defending and some solid keeping from Robinson.
Verdict: A disappointing World Cup, with few real breakthroughs.McClaren needs results quickly because his was an appointment that was hardly well-
settle for extra-time and penalties because it at least gives them a 50-50 chance andThe young striker endured a frustrating game and his patience finally snapped as he

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that was settled in extra-time by Rodriguez's thunderbolt from the blue.The one-time icon of England will not be around for the 2010 World Cup, and his

Eriksson was forced to change things round six minutes into the second half with