England, Euro '96 and the search for a lost feeling
15.06.26, 22:00 Updated 15.06.26, 22:59 9 Minute Read
Rob Shepherd
In the astrophysics of English football we have just arrived at an equinox.
It is 30 years since Euro '96. And that was 30 years on from the summer of 1966.
So we are now equally as far away from El Tel's shooting star, as he was then, from Sir Alf's day in the sun.
Thirty years of hurt has turned to sixty as England heads into World Cup 2026.
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Rob Shepherd A veteran of the international circuit, covering England from Italia ’90 to the modern era. He has witnessed the team’s defining moments up close, including press conference exchanges that have become part of England folklore.