7 worst international tournaments in England's recent history

1. Euro 2008

As Croatia progressed, England prepared to stay home

There is just one other tournament where England did worse. What could possibly be worse than not making it past the group stages like they did in 2014? Well, the answer to that is not by qualifying at all. As if England’s football history could not be any worse, their so-called golden generation failed to qualify for the final rounds of Euro 2008.

They couldn’t qualify past Russia and Croatia who beat England 2-1 at Wembley. The only good that came of this disaster was the sacking of Steve McClaren and boy were England lucky to be rid of him.