So many jokes, so many sneers, but all those 'oh so nears', wear you down, through the years...

What was initially embraced as '30 years of hurt' at Euro 96 now extends to 60. This is the story of all England's attempts to ease the pain

OLIVER HOLT IN ATLANTA: England are in the World Cup semi-finals for only the third time in their history on foreign soil and they have only pain, regret and recrimination for…