Is This England?

It's all getting very tense now! After a great performance against Senegal, England will face France in an enormous quarter final tie. For once, it feels like the Three Lions are well equipped to take on a huge side . Our key players are hitting form, we've got strength in depth and we've managed to get this far relatively unscathed with injuries or suspensions. However, it only takes one moment o...

After slaying the Welsh Dragon once and for all, England are just hours away from a huge knock-out tie against Senegal at the 2022 World Cup - the first time the two sides have ever met. Nick and Jord analyse Southgate's Boys' tournament so far and look at the chaos elsewhere in this crazy, crazy tournament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you allow yourself to get excited as an England fan, you deserve what you get. A dull 0-0 with the USA on Friday night has put Southgate and his team in a good position to qualify top of the group, but the lack of bite in their performance has left a lot of fans disappointed and concerned for what lies ahead. However. We've all calmed down now and with a huge game against Wales just around the...

Southgate's boys are looking to put 56 years of hurt in the rear window and as far as starts go, they're off to a good one. A 6-2 victory over Iran made a top 20 side look like boys against men with Saka, Bellingham, Rashford and Grealish all amongst the goals. It was the attacking performance England fans had been calling for but can it - or should it - be replicated tonight against the USA? Nik...

Four years on from his darkest hour in an England shirt, David Beckham was given a shot at redemption. A lot had changed for the Three Lions since that France 98 knockout tie against Argentina, with Beckham at the centre of the team ever since that fateful red card in Saint-Etienne. In the years since, Glen Hoddle had departed, Kevin Keegan had come and gone and we all bid farewell to the iconic W...

Today's episode looks back at a monster Home Nations clash from Euro 2016, where England looked to bring a bit of joy to fans during the worst year in human history. Six years after the Three Lions had knocked Wales down to 117th in the Fifa rankings, The Dragons had undergone a major reset and came into the tournament in the top 10, sitting pretty above their opponents for today's game. Roy Hodgs...

We're back for the USA Bicentennial Cup, celebrating 200 years of American independence. To mark the occasion, the USA drafted in soccer stars from across the globe to form the one time only line-up of 'Team America' including Stewart Jump, Pele and...Bobby Moore. That's right, the only Englishman to ever lift the World Cup is facing off against the Three Lions! England, managed by Don Revie, saw...

Phil Neville: England Manager. It seems strange now, but at the World Cup in 2019 Fizzer had helped build a squad of Lionesses who were a force to be reckoned with. In today's game, we look at their fateful clash with THE team of this era in Women's Football: The US of A. This one is classic England; a greatest hits medley of everything we've come to expect from our national side. Sit back and enj...

England have been relegated! A challenging Nations League group campaign has shone a spotlight on everything that's missing from Southgate's Lions right now and with Qatar 2022 just around the corner, we're going to have to press on. In a break from normal play, Nick and Jordan assess the current situation with England: What went wrong in the Nations League? Who's on the plane to Qatar? Will South...

Fabio Capello's England arrived in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup as one of the favourites to lift the trophy. Our star players were at the peak of their powers, we had a favourable group and one of the all time great managers in charge. As time passed, that illusion started to seem more and more farcical. However, we scraped through the group stage and now was the time to really kick on, wit...

Part two of our World Cup 1998 qualification deep dive sees Hoddle's Lions travel to Rome, where they would face the daunting prospect of having to secure a draw - at least - away to Italy. England had reason to be confident, however, having secured a key victory over the Azzurri in Le Tournoi just a few months previous (yes, it counts!) Gascoigne was brought back into the fold after the Matt Le T...

We loved our first taste of Glenn Hoddle, so here we are; diving head first into a two legged World Cup 1998 qualifying special against...Italy. This episode looks back at the appoint of 'Hot Stuff Hoddle' and his initial impact as England manager. We then enjoy a decent encounter at Wembley stadium, where Matt le Tisser would be given a chance to make the impact some always suspected he could at...

We couldn't leave Graham Taylor alone any longer. After deep-diving The Impossible Job early into our pod history, we were always going to revisit the great man's tenure for wider context. Surely, it can't have been that bad forever? Turns out it wasn't, actually. Today's show see's Taylor experiment with a young, dynamic England side - including a baby faced Alan Shearer - against a France side l...

Well, we've seen a lot across Episodes 12 to 23 of Is This England? From Lionesses lifting trophies, to GrealishMania, to perhaps the most controversial red card of all time. England have fared quite well across these 11 matches, but we have also seen others destroy the Three Lions for fun. Now, it's time to look back and create two sides to represent the best of both worlds. It's time, for a Is T...

Drama, goals, chaos and a bitter aftertaste. It can only be Kevin Keegan's England! The FA's 'Man for the Millennium' had dragged the Three Lions to Euro 2000 - a tournament co-hosted by Belgium and The Netherlands - where they would be drawn in a tough group alongside Romania, Germany and Portugal. The opening group game presented a real challenge for Keggy's boys, with Luis Figo and Rui Costa at...

The WC 2010 Group Stage enters its final phase and it's do or die for Capello's Army as they face Slovenia. USA was bad, Algeria was worse. So surely there was nowhere to go but up for the Three Lions? Preparation for this crunch encounter was far from ideal, with something of a mutiny led by John Terry overshadowing work on the training ground. The stage is set for a dramatic conclusion to one of...

Football has come home! Congratulations to The Lionesses on their incredible Euro 2022 win. Today's episode takes a look back at a truly special day for women's football in England. For us, it was a chance to learn about the struggles, successes and sacrifices of the England Women's team over the years, as well as revel in the joy of this current squad, led by Sarina Wiegman. Enjoy. GET IN TOUCH:...

Who remembers the USA Bicentennial Cup? Anyone? No? For the uninitiated, the four team tournament was held in the summer of 1976 to mark 200 years of American independence. After failing to qualify for Euro 76, Don Revie's boys made the trip across the pond to compete against Brazil, Italy and Team America (including the likes of Pele and Sir Bobby Moore). The tournament would give Revie a chance...

We've finally reached the summer of 1966 and everything is all peace and love maaan! Or is it... Alf Ramsey's Lads would've had some inclination as to what to expect when facing South American 'bad boys' Argentina, but nothing could've prepared them for what was to happen in this World Cup Quarter Final. On home soil Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst & Co had the crowd behind them, but would it be e...

150 years, one major trophy and countless strange memories. This week we travel back to 2013, when Brazil returned to Wembley as part of the Football Association's 150th anniversary celebrations - and played their full part in a highly entertaining friendly. The Samba Boys may not have been enjoying their finest hour but with both Ronaldinho AND Neymar starting up front, they still had plenty to o...

You shit your pants in front of a global audience during England's opening game of Italia 90, you're labelled a prat, and that's the game. That's right folks, this week we're looking back at the Three Lions' Italia 90 opener against Big Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland and there's thunderstorms, Route One football and awful commentary aplenty. Bobby Robson’s boys didn’t know what to expect when...

Something a bit different this week as your hosts Jord and Nick look back at episodes one to 11 of Is This England? and create two Super Teams for a once in a lifetime clash! We've already covered the good, the bad, the very bad and the very ugly and that's just the Three Lions. This is a chance to stop, catch our breath and cherry pick the golden performances that have stood out to us. Our brave...

The Three Lions arrived in Portugal for Euro 2004 full of wild hopes and dreams, spurred on by perhaps the best young footballer on the planet in Wayne Rooney. After the youngster set the group stages aflame with his unmatched physicality, determination and skill, Sven's boys came up against the tournament hosts in the Quarter Finals. Portugal's Golden Generation were still going strong, spurred o...

After a nightmare start to their World Cup 2010 campaign, Fabio Capello's Three Lions have a chance to get back on track when they come up against relative minnows Algeria. Cape Town Stadium hosted the crucial Group C match-up, with England roundly expected to get three crucial points to help them towards qualification for the next round. With Jamie Carragher starting at the back, 'Calamity' James...

Be Here Now....for a classic England v Italy face off! Le Tournoi brought together four of International Football's big dogs for a short tournament one year prior to France 98, presenting England with a chance to lift a trophy for the first time since 1966. Glenn Hoddle had kicked off his tenure as Three Lions manager in style, putting his trust in a crop of talented youngsters sprinkled with some...