The England Retrospective, Part 9

Golden Generation, melted down and sold for cash.

There was a strange and divided mood among the public in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup.

On one hand, the sense inside the game was overwhelmingly positive. England had been extremely dominant since Fabio Capello arrived. The bookies made the Three Lions third favourites behind Spain and Brazil. There was a genuine sense that this England had become ta…