(up the the end of the World Cup 2006)

These figures include friendly matches too - Taylor's and Wilkinson's losses were all friendly games. Kevin Keegan took England to Euro 2000 but they were knocked out in the first round. Glen Hoddle took England to the World Cup 1998 (where they were beaten in penalties by Argentina in the second phase of the competition - that match where Owen got a great goal but Beckham got sent off).
 
Terry Venables got England to the semi finals of Euro 96 held in England (England lost to Germany on penalties in the semi final - remember that Southgate penalty miss - but England did beat a strong Holland team 4-1 earlier in the competition).
 
Graham Taylor took England to Euro 1992 where they were knocked out in the first round after losing to Sweden 2-1 . He failed to qualify England for the 1994 World Cup.
 
Bobby Robson took England to the semi finals of the World Cup 1990 (where they were beaten by Germany on penalties - Pearce and Waddle missed their penalties). He also took England to the quarter finals in the 1986 World Cup where Argentina beat England 2-1 (Maradona scored a wonder goal and a goal that was really handball). England did get to Euro 88 but lost all their group stage matches.
 
Ron Greenwood took England to the World Cup in 1982 where they were knocked out in the second phase of the competition without losing a game in any of their matches. In the second phase only the top team qualified and England drew against Germany and Spain 0-0.
 
Alf Ramsey won the World Cup for England in 1966 and also took them to the 1970 World Cup (where West Germany won 3-2 in the quarter finals). However, England failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. The late Walter Winterbottom also had a good record as England manager with the longest period in charge and most wins.
 
Who is the best England manager? Well looking at the results in World Cup competitions, Alf Ramsey is the only one to have won the world cup to date (although he did have a tough time towards the end of his reign). Bobby Robson got England to the quarter finals and semi finals of World Cup competitions and lost unluckily both times.
 

Our first foreign manager, Sven Goran Eriksson did well qualifying England for the World Cup 2002 finals and reached the quarter finals of the competition where England lost 2-1 to the favourites Brazil. He also took England to the quarter finals of Euro 2004 where the hosts Portugal won on penalties. Eriksson then easily qualified England for the World Cup 2006 but again lost to Portugal on penalties (in the quarter finals). He is one of England's most successful managers as he only lost 3 out of 40 competitive matches. Only Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson have taken England further in the World Cup.

Steve McLaren is the England manager for Euro 2008.