Editing England national football team (section)

===Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan===
The 1990s saw four England managers follow Robson, each in the role for a relatively brief period. [[Graham Taylor (footballer)|Graham Taylor]] was Robson's immediate successor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38599231 |title=Graham Taylor: Ex-England, Watford & Aston Villa manager dies aged 72 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=12 January 2017 |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112135427/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38599231 |url-status=live }}</ref> England failed to win any matches at [[UEFA Euro 1992|Euro 1992]], drawing with tournament winners [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and later with [[France national football team|France]], before being eliminated by host nation [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]. The team then failed to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] after losing a controversial game against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in Rotterdam, which resulted in Taylor's resignation. Taylor faced much newspaper criticism during his tenure for his tactics and team selections.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38596836 | title=Graham Taylor obituary: Ex-England boss a fount of knowledge and a true gentleman | work=BBC News | first=Phil | last=McNulty | date=12 January 2017 | access-date=10 July 2021 | archive-date=10 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710033617/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38596836 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 1994 and 1996, [[Terry Venables]] took charge of the team. Hosting [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]], they equalled their best performance at a [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]], reaching the semi-finals as they did in 1968, before exiting via another penalty shoot-out loss to Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7b301cbfd1-46785d59fbda-1000--germany-beat-england-on-penalties-to-reach-euro-96-final/ |title=Germany beat England on penalties to reach EURO '96 final |publisher=UEFA |date=6 October 2003 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> England striker [[Alan Shearer]] was the tournament's top scorer with five goals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/euro-icons-1996-alan-shearer-and-the-summer-when-football-came-home_sto7785555/story.shtml |title=Euro Icons – 1996: Alan Shearer and the summer when football came home |author=Mike Gibbons |publisher=Eurosport |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007130913/https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> At Euro 96, the song "[[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]]" by [[David Baddiel|Baddiel]], [[Frank Skinner|Skinner]] and [[the Lightning Seeds]] became the definitive anthem for fans on the terraces,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44711564|publisher=BBC News|title=It's coming home: How Three Lions became the definitive England song|first=Imran|last=Rahman-Jones|year=2021|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191831/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44711564|url-status=live}} "Three lions on a shirt / Jules Rimet still gleaming / Thirty years of hurt / never stopped me dreaming"</ref> and popularised the chant "it's coming home".<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/england-its-coming-home-lyrics-euro-2024-b2579218.html | title=It's Coming Home: The history of the England fan chant | work=The Independent | first=Joe | last=Sommerlad | date=13 July 2024 | access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref> Venables announced before the tournament that he would resign at the end of it, following investigations into his personal financial activities and ahead of upcoming court cases. Due to the controversy around him, the FA stressed that he was the coach, not the manager, of the team.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/27/sam-allardyce-england-managers-controversies-terry-venables-fabio-capello | title=England managers and off-field controversies: from Revie to Hodgson | work=The Guardian | first=Dominic | last=Fifield | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=9 July 2021 | archive-date=6 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706132600/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/27/sam-allardyce-england-managers-controversies-terry-venables-fabio-capello | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>"Venables is also the only England manager ever to resign from his post because of the muddy personal details set to be showcased in a high-profile trial related to financial irregularities." {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lg7k-Y5vF8kC&pg=PT855 |title=V is for Venables|date=3 August 2006|publisher=[[When Saturday Comes]]|isbn=9780141927039|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref>

Venables' successor, [[Glenn Hoddle]], took the team to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]]&nbsp;{{Emdash}} in which England were eliminated in the second round, again by Argentina and again on penalties (after a 2–2 draw).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1998france/news/world-cup-at-home-argentina-england-1998-3070883 |title=#WorldCupAtHome: Argentina frustrate England again |publisher=FIFA |date=22 April 2020 |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007130915/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1998france/news/world-cup-at-home-argentina-england-1998-3070883 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 1999, Hoddle was sacked by the FA due to controversial comments he had made about disabled people to a newspaper.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/270194.stm | title= Hoddle sacked | work= BBC News | date= 3 February 1999 | access-date= 9 July 2021 | archive-date= 23 April 2022 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220423093608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/270194.stm | url-status= live }}</ref> [[Howard Wilkinson]] took over as caretaker manager for two matches.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/10/howard-wilkinson-advise-fa-next-england-manager |title=Howard Wilkinson to advise FA in deciding next England manager |author=Owen Gibson |work=The Guardian |date=10 November 2016 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152546/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/10/howard-wilkinson-advise-fa-next-england-manager |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kevin Keegan]] was then appointed as the new permanent manager and took England to [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]], but the team exited in the group stage and he unexpectedly resigned shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/on-this-day-in-2000-kevin-keegan-resigns-as-england-boss-after-germany-defeat-1601982037000 |title=On this day in 2000: Kevin Keegan resigns as England boss after Germany defeat |publisher=FourFourTwo |date=7 October 2020 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152546/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/on-this-day-in-2000-kevin-keegan-resigns-as-england-boss-after-germany-defeat-1601982037000 |url-status=live }}</ref>