40 years since England won a world cup

Earlier this year it was the 40th anniversary of when England last one the world cup in 1966. It was a special moment remembering the only world cup winning team.

It has been a long time since England last won the world cup last, as 40 years is a very long time. However if you think of it in world cup terms it is not that many, only 10 world cups. This means that although the perception is that it has been a huge time gap only 10 world cups have occurred during that period as there is only one world cup every four years.

It is true that England have had to watch the likes of Germany and Brazil reach the final time and time again but not that many other different teams have won the world cup since 1966, in fact only a hand full have.

I hope one day England can win the world cup again and I can just imagine the celebrations. The celebrations when England won the ashes were very good. The celebrations when England won the Rugby world cup were also very good but in my opinion if England were to win the world cup in football the whole country would be on fire.

This won’t happen for atleast another 4 years though as the next world cup is in 2010. In this time many England players may have passed their peak such as Gerrard, Lampard, and Gary Neville. Overall I believe England has a young team but players of that calibre passing their peak in time for the next world cup will be very disappointing. These players are currently irreplaceable but maybe some players will come through or others will prove their worth.

I guess England can at least say they have won a world cup, which many countries cannot say but there has been a number of disappointing performances by England in recent world cups. Hopefully 2010 will be different. Roll on world cup 2010!