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Managing England: The Impossible Job

BBC Sport traces the history of one of the toughest jobs in sport, the England football manager, featuring rare archive footage and new interviews.

BBC Sport traces the history of one of the toughest jobs in sport - the England football manager.

Using rare archive and new interviews with current manager Gareth Southgate and former England managers Sven-Goran Eriksson, Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson and Sam Allardyce, we hear first-hand the personal toll the so-called impossible job has taken on some of the game's most successful club managers.

With contributions from former England captains Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand, along with key decision makers from within football, we take a closer look at what it will take to end England's years of hurt.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 9 Jun 2021 00:30
BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

Music Played

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Underwood

Credits

Producer Rob Facey
Director Rob Facey
Executive Producer Steve Rudge
Executive Producer Carl Doran

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Jun 2018 20:55
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sun 17 Jun 2018 21:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Mon 18 Jun 2018 23:15
    BBC Two
  • Sat 30 Jun 2018 17:45
    BBC Two Northern Ireland
  • Sat 30 Jun 2018 18:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Tue 8 Jun 2021 23:30
    BBC Two HD & England only
  • Wed 9 Jun 2021 00:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only

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