Why England’s success is no accident
Tonight, Gareth Southgate’s England team have the opportunity to do something the Three Lions haven’t done for 55 years – reach the final of a major football tournament – and the most thrilling thing for England fans is the number of young players coming through. This isn’t just a team for this year, or the World Cup in Qatar next year, or even the next Euros in three years time. Many of these players are young enough to play for England for ten years to come. England’s starting line-up against Ukraine only featured one player over 30, and three players in their early twenties (Jadon Sancho, 21, and Declan Rice
