.......and yet, the England football team struggled to a 2-0 'victory' against a tiny nation whose most capped player is an insurance salesman. Other Andorra squad members include postal workers, firemen and off season ski instructors.

We're really not very good at this whole football lark, are we?

Sure, the Premier League is very popular, but the clubs will all end up in foreign hands and the bulk of the talent is imported.

As a footballing nation, England are the sporting equivalent to Oasis. They used to be reasonably good way back in the mists of time, but haven't achieved anything in years, their media profile remaining high, but for all the wrong reasons.