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The Upshot on Twitter: "This is the most fancied England World Cup squad since Sven's ill-fated Golden Generation went to Germany in 2006. But that's where the similarities with Gareth's likeable bunch
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West Ham claim they won the 1966 World Cup - so which club is most responsible for England's Euro 2020 squad?
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On the pitch there was a divide': tales behind England's World Cup failures | World Cup 2018 | The Guardian
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