#world-cup-history

#world-cup-history

When times were tense, games were played behind closed doors. The heroes of Melbourne, who came from behind to win a playoff in Australia to qualify for the 1998 World Cup, were told not to come straight home to Tehran as the city celebrated. At that tournament there was more public joy after the famous 2-1 win against USA but Khamenei's statement was not the most sporting.

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Since winning the World Cup on home soil in 1966, England have only gone beyond the quarter-finals twice, finishing fourth both in Italy in 1990 and in Russia in 2018. In that time, they have gone out in the last eight at five tournaments, the last 16 twice and the group stage once (also second group stage in 1982), while failing to qualify on three occasions.