England's Iceland Humiliation - Reconsidered

Last updated : 22 October 2017 By Three Lions

The 2-1 defeat spelled the immediate end of Roy Hodgson’s reign and the veteran manager will forever be associated with the tiny nation even if he performs miracles in keeping Crystal Palace up this season.

It has gone down, alongside the defeat to the USA in 1950 and San Marino’s eight-second goal in 1993, as one of the most humiliating days in English football.

Without wishing to downplay the tactical naivety that England showed that night, seemingly failing to have any plan to deal with the strengths that Iceland had shown in the group stage, their opponents have since shown that their performance was not a one-off.

Iceland will be in the draw for Russia 2018, alongside England, after finishing on top of a World Cup qualifying group that also included Croatia, Turkey and Ukraine, winning 7 of their 10 matches.

With a FIFA world ranking of 21 and players in their squad, such as Gylfi Sigurdsson, valued at £50m, would you fancy England's chances were the two teams to meet again?