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Sven-Goran Eriksson was an England great

27 August 2024

2:58 AM

27 August 2024

2:58 AM

Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died aged 76, was an unlikely choice for the England job in 2000. He was inexperienced with English football – his only exposure having been as young visiting coach in 1978 when Bobby Robson invited him to sit in the dugout during an Ipswich match. But Sven was a serial winner.

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