Premier League

England’s all-time dream team

Gordon Banks

Being the home of football, England and its people have a special relationship with the beautiful game – a relationship best described as love-hate.

While the prevailing emotions from the Three Lions’ campaigns at major tournaments over the years have been heartbreak and disappointment, some truly gifted footballers have represented the nation in the process.

A lot is understandably made of donning that white shirt and wearing those Three Lions on your chest, and the following eleven might just be the best to ever do it.

GK: Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks is one of the game’s finest-ever goalkeepers / STAFF/GettyImages

While it’s incredibly difficult to select an all-time XI for a nation that has produced a litany of world-class stars, selecting just one player to fill the goalkeeping spot is near-impossible. In the end, however, Gordon Banks has to take it with a very honourable mention going to England’s all-time leading appearance-maker Peter Shilton.

Widely regarded as making football’s greatest-ever save to deny Pele in 1970, the awe-inspiring shot-stopper kept four clean sheets as he played all six games of England’s triumphant World Cup campaign in 1966.

RB: Gary Neville

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Gary Neville in action for England / Tim de Waele/GettyImages

Gary Neville might have been an unspectacular full-back, but he was as dependable as anything.

His bravery, strength and resoluteness saw him hold down a starting place during Manchester United‘s most successful era over the course of 15 years, while also being a stalwart for England over the best part of a decade and earning 85 caps in the process.

CB: Bobby Moore

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Bobby Moore lifting the World Cup trophy / Central Press/GettyImages

Revered throughout football and even idolised by some of the game’s biggest names, Bobby Moore was an exceptional leader as well as footballer.

The West Ham legend was imperious on the pitch, with an awareness of the game that allowed him to dominate from the back. A supreme ball player with a natural conveyance of authority, Moore was also a gifted captain and is still the only man to lead the Three Lions to a World Cup triumph, of course.

CB: Billy Wright

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Billy Wright was a remarkably consistent performer for club and country / Hulton Archive/GettyImages

It feels like madness to not name Rio Ferdinand or John Terry in an all-time England XI, but Billy Wright’s exploits are too grand not to acknowledge.

The centre-back spent his entire career with Wolves, captaining the club during its most decorated…

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