It was the youngest team in the tournament and the experience they have gained from this will stand them in such good stead. The good feeling and the unity that currently exists will only help them and we’ve got to keep that going. What we can’t do is get carried away and automatically expect England to win the Euros and then pan them when they don’t.Įngland players applaud fans after the defeat to Croatia. We’ve now got to harness that moving forward for the Euros in 2020, and then Qatar in 2022. If you listen to the England boys speak, they will tell you how much the love of the nation and the support they have received helped them on an incredible journey. In previous years it has felt like us against them and them against us, but now we are united and I think that’s so powerful moving forwards. I think a lot of people will feel like that. Jon Stead delighted to see Notts County add much-needed spark.It has rekindled everybody’s love for the England team, and I said to my boy Luca, as we watched the game unfold in a bar in New York, that we will go to watch them more often. That is no disgrace whatsoever because this has been a wonderful journey that has captured the imagination and hearts of the entire nation. It’s been 28 years since we last reached the semi-final of the tournament and nobody, before a ball had been kicked, had expected us to get that far.īut there we were fighting it out with Croatia, and ultimately, we just came up a little bit short. In this week's column, he praises England for restoring passion, pride and belief.įirst of all, I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of our boys and for what they have achieved in this World Cup. ![]() England have had a fantastic tournament under Gareth Southgate, but their journey finally ended with a 2-1 defeat to Croatia in the semi-final.īT Sports commentator, Five Live presenter and Notts County director Darren Fletcher has been giving us his views on the Three Lions exclusively for the Nottingham Post.
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