Editing England national football team (section)

===Sven-Göran Eriksson and Steve McClaren===
[[File:England team.jpg|thumb|left|The England team at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]]]
[[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)|Peter Taylor]] was appointed as caretaker manager for one match, before [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] took charge between 2001 and 2006, and was the team's first non-English manager.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/nov/09/newsstory.sport6 |title=Taylor names Beckham captain of youthful looking England squad |author=Sean Ingle |work=The Guardian |date=9 November 2000 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152528/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/nov/09/newsstory.sport6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/12016/12118585/20-years-since-englands-first-foreign-appointment |title=20 years on from the appointment of Sven-Goran Eriksson |author=Ron Walker |publisher=Sky Sports |date=5 January 2021 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152546/https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/12016/12118585/20-years-since-englands-first-foreign-appointment |url-status=live }}</ref> Although England's players in this era were dubbed a "[[Golden Generation (English football)|golden generation]]" and only lost five competitive matches during Eriksson's tenure,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-worldcup-swe-eng-eriksson-idUSKBN1JW2QQ |title=England would hate to lose to Sweden, says Sven-Goran Eriksson |author=Philip O'Connor |publisher=Reuters |date=6 July 2018 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152528/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-worldcup-swe-eng-eriksson-idUSKBN1JW2QQ |url-status=live }}</ref> they exited at the quarter-finals of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] and the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-happened-to-englands-golden-generation-how-the-countrys-most-talented-squad-never-came-good |title=What happened to England's "Golden Generation"? How the country's most talented squad never came good |author=Chris Flanagan |publisher=FourFourTwo |date=16 November 2020 |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029140025/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/what-happened-to-englands-golden-generation-how-the-countrys-most-talented-squad-never-came-good |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2006 it was announced that Eriksson would leave the role following that year's World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jan/24/newsstory.sport |title=Eriksson takes golden handshake to walk away after World Cup |author=Daniel Taylor |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2006 |access-date=10 September 2022 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910152546/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jan/24/newsstory.sport |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Steve McClaren]] was selected to succeed Eriksson, but was sacked on 22 November 2007 after just 18 matches in charge as England failed to qualify for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7100393.stm |title=McClaren sacked as England coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 November 2007 |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801172602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7100393.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> McClaren was criticised for his team selection in his final game – a decisive qualifier against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] which England lost 3–2 – particularly the decision to select inexperienced goalkeeper [[Scott Carson]], whose mistake lead to Croatia's first goal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7103110.stm | title=England 2-3 Croatia |author=Jonathan Stevenson |publisher=BBC Sport | date=21 November 2007 |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-date= 22 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122091808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7103110.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport7 | title=Don't blame Carson - the real gaffe was exposing him to such high pressure |author=David James |work=The Guardian | date=25 November 2007 |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-date= 6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006014017/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport7 |url-status=live }}</ref>