Surprised there was no mention - literally no mention - of Sammy Lee or Gary Mabbutt. The bigger underlying point here is, was England an unusually stable team in the 1980s? Did managers pick too much on reputation? The difficulties you had once you get outside the first and second XIs suggests there is an unusually small pool to choose from.
Surprised there was no mention - literally no mention - of Sammy Lee or Gary Mabbutt. The bigger underlying point here is, was England an unusually stable team in the 1980s? Did managers pick too much on reputation? The difficulties you had once you get outside the first and second XIs suggests there is an unusually small pool to choose from.