Take 10 Londoners, three Mancunians, two Black Countrymen, two Cumbrians, two Geordies and two Mackems, sprinkle in one each from Liverpool, Cheshire, Devon, Northampton and Yorkshire – and see if they can end 60 years of hurt

As Thomas Tuchel prepares to name his World Cup squad, we asked our writers to work out who they would take if they were England manager

Here we are then, at the gates of North America, 26 Englishmen tasked with winning a football tournament on 19 July. Cue two months of febrile debate, anxiety and at the end of it…