Why England's EURO 96 Team Was So Far Ahead Of Its Time

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5 ай бұрын

Terry Venables' England side almost went all the way at Euro 96. But rather than doing it with a classically English 4-4-2, it was a team of such stunning flexibility and positional intelligence, football in this country wouldn't see the like again for almost two decades.
This is how Venables took Shearer, Sheringham, Gazza, McManaman, Southgate, and the rest, and briefly turned them into one of the most interesting sides in world football.
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@83ayodele 5 ай бұрын

Euro 96 will forever be one of my favorite tournaments because while I missed school for 3 weeks because of an appendectomy, I watched so much football and it was GREAT!

@manzourahmed3383 5 ай бұрын

Venables was way ahead of his time. Although Cruyff gets all the plaudits at Barca, it was Terry who started it all.

@bradnodes 5 ай бұрын

Not sure who said it but it was a former Barcelona player who said something like Cruyff's team wouldn't have happened without the foundations Venables put down

@T.E.S.S. 5 ай бұрын

lmaoooo

@bradnodes 5 ай бұрын

@@T.E.S.S. pretty sure the Barcelona player who said that played under both Venables and Cruyff. I wasn't personally saying Venables was a more influential manager at Barcelona particularly given how popular Cruyff was at the club, however, someone who played under both managers making the comment that Cruyff built-upon/improved the team based on what Venables had put in place doesn't seem that absurd if the guy experienced playing for Barca pre and post Venables and Cruyff. I think that was in the period where Barca hadn't won much or at least weren't especially successful in comparison to Real Madrid.

@KuntyMcPhuck 5 ай бұрын

It's pretty common knowledge that Venables introduced pressing to Barca and he was using players from the academy before it got its branding name La Masia. Venables is also credited for giving Barca an identity again after being the wilderness for so long in Spanish football.

@kashhusain8154 5 ай бұрын

I've not aeen this England team analysed before. It's really interesting.

@simtyful 5 ай бұрын

Discovering this channel has been one of the best things about 2023. Thank you!

@timwodzynski7234 5 ай бұрын

Euro '96 was my favourite tournament as I had just finished school and Baddiel and Skinner with the Lightening Seeds, It's Coming Home!!

@user-dm2nx4yu5o 5 ай бұрын

Steve McManaman was in the Euro team of the tournament and struggled to get in the team under Hoddle… he played for one of the best teams in Europe 2 years after that World Cup. So he couldn’t get in the 11 for hoddle but was good enough for Euro 96 team of the tournament and scored in a CL final in 00 How does that make sense Well done Glenn

@dondamon4669 5 ай бұрын

Beckham was on the right and he preferred Anderton. All mcManaman could do was run with the ball

@Karma2Babylon 5 ай бұрын

Glenn was a brilliant tactician but not a good manager.

@sanjay9793 5 ай бұрын

Hoddle was a bit cuckoo in the head. Banished Ray Parlour in the squad because he poked fun at the team's "faith healer."

@sevzapkino 5 ай бұрын

That was excellent, really enjoyed the analysis. What was frustrating at the time, was just how brilliant they were against Netherlands but were unable to reproduce that performance against Spain and Germany.

@RocketRenton 5 ай бұрын

Terry = Legend R.I.P

@KuntyMcPhuck 5 ай бұрын

This is Venables masterpiece and homage to Dutch football. He studied the Ajax and Netherlands team of the 70's. Iirc he also went over to Netherlands back the late 60's early 70's to learn. So he was very familiar with the total football concepts. Then if you fast forward to the mid 90's you had LVG Ajax team who were playing the 343 diamond when attacking with Rijkaard pushing up from the CB role to the DM which is the role that Southgate did when England played 352/3511 in game. Also its the role Pep did under Cruyff playing along side Koeman. Also have to mention why this is Venables masterpiece that 6-7 months prior Netherlands coached by Hiddink did the exact same thing to Ireland at Anfield in the playoff match. The line up that day was 10 current and former Ajax players and Glenn Helder and off the performance and Ajax being current CL holders they were favourites going into the Euros. I do recommend watching the Netherlands vs Ireland game from Dec 95.

@Sandpitboy 5 ай бұрын

Its because he picked players with good football iq, rather than athletes.

@jakeyskywalker66 5 ай бұрын

Great video Adam! loved it, more of this please! Merry Christmas

@ajspringer 3 ай бұрын

"Why does it look unwell" 😂

@OldSchoolBoxing1 5 ай бұрын

Great video, arguably the 2nd best England side ever 👏🏻

@Skunkola 3 күн бұрын

Yeah man that was an amazing summer. Such warm memories.

@terryhau-my1nx 5 ай бұрын

3-6-1....great side

@michaelfarrow5817 5 ай бұрын

Two things: firstly, we were really good at times in World Cup 1998. I would go as far as saying the Argentina game in 98, pre-sending off, was better than anything they did in the Euros. We looked like a proper world-beating team. Secondly, later in the tournament, they played a bit of 3-5-2. Neville was playing on the right side of central defence and was overlapping the wingback. Wilder might have systemised overlapping centre backs but Venables was doing it for England in Euro 96.

@jimmyrotheram3703 5 ай бұрын

Classy analysis.

@DJ-fl4gn 20 күн бұрын

Man, I wish we produced more players like Gazza.

@badabing8884 5 ай бұрын

They played the best football I have seen from an England team in my time of watching them play. Still, they should have gone out in the QF because Spain’s goal was not offside.

@johnthompson457 5 ай бұрын

Best England team I saw in my lifetime.

@MikeBerovic 5 ай бұрын

We so should have won that tournament! What a team, thanks for showing us why

@athreyathandeswaran7510 5 ай бұрын

All signs are pointing to Kane picking up the Ballon D'or

@StreetSoulLover 5 ай бұрын

Imagine not having Le Tissier as one of your number 10s in that Crimbo Formation....

@BSandman 5 ай бұрын

The man, the myth, the legend, Adam Clery

@annandune 5 ай бұрын

Gary Neville bombing down to provide width, as if Stuart Pearce wasn't doing that already and was brilliant at it.

@annandune 5 ай бұрын

It was also suggested at the time the midfield was a diamond formation so your analysis seems very at odds with that.

@annandune 5 ай бұрын

But thank you for pointing out how boring England were between then and recently where so many football pundits wax lyrical about our 'golden' generation... who were indeed as boring as hell.

@johnferguson4869 5 ай бұрын

Neville & Pearce played on different sides.

@annandune 5 ай бұрын

@@johnferguson4869 Really? I didn't know that. For clarity, of course I knew that. My point was he was highlighting Neville doing that as if it was something unusual and Pearce had been doing it for years.

@T.E.S.S. 5 ай бұрын

uh sir, that's a 4321, not a 4231

@dondamon4669 5 ай бұрын

What's crazy is that Southgate was there ahead of Bruce and Pallister? Crazy!!

@TheKalaxis 5 ай бұрын

England definitely should have won Euro '96 as it was my first big international tournament as a fan.

@YesOkayButWhy 5 ай бұрын

And Venables should have pranced and preened on the sideline and pogosticked onto the pitch at full time.

@ezraezra2928 5 ай бұрын

Any differences between the men's team during Euro 96 and the women's team that won the Euro 2022, also at home soil? I think not, because when you explained the women's one just before the Women's World Cup in a separate videos for this channel, there's a complete similarities between them when it comes to the style of play. However, the women's team is still far better than the men's one, mainly due to the fact they are currently being managed by the same Dutch manager that had a success with its native country back in 2017-2020. The women's team during the 2022 tournament had scored a whopping 22 goals (they demolished both Norway 8-0 and Sweden 4-0; both with the strongest side), only conceded 2, and had some good goals on each games. RIP Terry Venables.

@cellyszn20 5 ай бұрын

Why do I get the feeling that Guardiola studied this game to refine his city tactic or perhaps Arteta told him about this game

@T.E.S.S. 5 ай бұрын

lol

@johnferguson4869 5 ай бұрын

My main memory from that time was Anderson and McManaman switching sides.

@LunkvanTrunk 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, So far ahead they almost won.

@jamesthorner2555 5 ай бұрын

I'd take a toffee penny over a strawberry cream any day

@T.E.S.S. 5 ай бұрын

why do you hate joy?

@Jay-xw9ll 5 ай бұрын

Even while enjoying euro96, in the back of my mind I knew the FA would dump Venables. We were playing great footy and Venables was very popular as a coach and as a man. Of the course the FA weren't happy. El Tels face didn't quite fit.

@KEVIn-dq6pm 5 ай бұрын

1:53 IDC, i want my prize😠

@matthewmalpeli 5 ай бұрын

If the Nevilles can play for England so can I...

@sensibility1174 Ай бұрын

I don't remember the nation being happy in 1996, I remember a load of strike actions, terrorist bombings, economy mired in recession, a deeply hated government of embarrassing incompetents, CJD, my girlfriend dumping me and Man Utd winning the league.