Editing England national football team (section)

===Walter Winterbottom and Alf Ramsey===
Although [[Walter Winterbottom]] was appointed as England's first full-time manager in 1946, the team was still picked by a committee until [[Alf Ramsey]] took over in 1963.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/18/guardianobituaries.football1 |title=Sir Walter Winterbottom |author=Brian Glanville |work=The Guardian |date=18 February 2002 |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626170203/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/18/guardianobituaries.football1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2015/feb/27/sir-alf-ramseys-first-england-game |title=Sir Alf's first game in charge: Alf Ramsey first took charge of England on 27 February 1963 |author=David Barber |publisher=The Football Association |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> The [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] was hosted in England and Ramsey guided England to victory with a [[1966 FIFA World Cup final|4–2 win]] against [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] after [[extra time]] in the final, during which [[Geoff Hurst]] scored a [[hat-trick]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/30/newsid_2644000/2644065.stm |title=1966: Football glory for England |publisher=BBC Sport 30 July 1996 |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/30/newsid_2644000/2644065.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[UEFA Euro 1968]], the team reached the semi-finals for the first time, being eliminated by [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/3937--yugoslavia-vs-england/postmatch/report/ |title=Yugoslavia beat world champions England to reach EURO 1968 final |publisher=UEFA |date=2 October 2003 |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626170200/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/match/3937--yugoslavia-vs-england/postmatch/report/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

England qualified automatically for the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970 World Cup]] in Mexico as reigning champions, and reached the quarter-finals, where they were knocked out by West Germany. England had been 2–0 up, but were eventually beaten 3–2 after [[extra time]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7733080.stm |title=World Cup quarter-final 1970 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425182456/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7733080.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> They then failed to qualify for [[UEFA Euro 1972|Euro 1972]] and the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]], leading to Ramsey's dismissal by the [[The Football Association|FA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24445822 |title=England v Poland 1973: When Clough's 'clown' stopped England |author=Chris Bevan |date=14 October 2013 |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024072513/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24445822 |url-status=live }}</ref>