Quiz! Can you name Sven-Goran Eriksson's first ever England squad?

By Joe Brewin
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Sam Allardyce recently picked 23 players for his first game in charge, but just over 15 years ago his predecessor went for a surprisingly large batch of 31…

Sven-Goran Eriksson definitely didn't have it easy upon taking the England job in February 2001.

He's now remembered fondly as the man who steered the Three Lions to consecutive quarter-final appearances at major tournaments (mainly because no one has managed it since), but his arrival as the country's first foreign boss was met with tabloid scorn. 

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Joe Brewin
Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 


By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.