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Answers the question, what's gone wrong with English football? (the sport called soccer in America). By the middle of 1993 the English national football team was a laughing stock -- humiliatingly defeated by Norway & the USA -- & the so-called giants of the Premier League once again failed to make a significant impact in any of the major European competitions. Presents the whole tragic history of missed opportunities & bungled compromises. A damning attack on the authorities who preside over football's future & a bold analysis of the changes that are needed to allow English players to compete with the best in Europe & the world.