Editing Walter Winterbottom (section)

===FIFA World Cup record===
Winterbottom led England to four consecutive World Cup finals, a record subsequently equalled only by [[Helmut Schön]] of West Germany. England entered the World Cup for the first time in 1950, qualifying for the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|tournament in Brazil]] by winning the British Home Championship. England had never before played in South America. They beat Chile by 2–0 but [[United States 1–0 England (1950 FIFA World Cup)|lost 1—0 to the USA]] and 1—0 to Spain to be eliminated in the first round.
Winterbottom again led England to qualification in [[1954 FIFA World Cup|Switzerland in 1954]] by winning the British Home championship. A 4—4 draw against Belgium and a 2—0 victory against Switzerland took them to the quarter-finals where they were beaten 4—2 by the defending champions, Uruguay.

England qualified for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] in Sweden with wins over the Republic of Ireland and Denmark, with a team that had lost only once in 17 games. Three months before the tournament began the [[Munich air disaster]] robbed the team of key players from Manchester United: [[Roger Byrne]], [[Tommy Taylor]] and [[Duncan Edwards]] died. England drew against the USSR, Brazil and Austria but lost to the Soviet Union in a playoff for a quarter-final place.

Winterbottom again led his team to qualification for the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 World Cup]] in Chile with wins over Portugal and Luxembourg. After progressing from their group on [[goal average]], England reached the quarter-finals but were beaten 3—1 by the eventual winners, Brazil.