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GAVIN BLACKWELL says we need to focus on returning to old coaching ideals…

Sir Walter Winterbottom 

IHAVE been involved in football for many years and followed the national team throughout that time.
The 70s were a complete write-off with us failing to qualify for two World Cups (74 and 78) while fortunes improved in the 80s.
The 90s were the nearly years – World Cup semi-finalists in 1990 and European Championship semi-finalists in 1996, losing both times to Germany on spot-kicks.
England's most successful managers since Sir Alf Ramsey have arguably been Ron Green...

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