Where are they now? The England XI that beat Scotland at Euro 96

Photo: Mark Leech

England will meet Scotland for the 113th time on Friday as the oldest rivalry in world football gets ready for its latest instalment at Wembley.

Gareth Southgate’s side are hoping to get back to winning ways in their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign after a frustrating draw in Slovenia last time out, and face a Scotland side who have struggled in their first three games.

Gordon Strachan’s men have picked up just four points so far, and were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by Slovakia in their last match.

Interim Three Lions boss, Southgate – Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

However, they will go level on points with England at the top of Group F if they beat the Three Lions on Friday.

This fixture has seen some excellent matches down the years, and here at Shoot! we are looking to bring back memories from some of these wonderful matches.

Here, we are going to look back on that England side that beat Scotland 2-0 in Euro 96, with Alan Shearer’s strike, David Seaman’s penalty save, and Paul Gascoigne’s moment of magic sure to bring a smile on many an England fan’s face.

So, where are those 11 players now?

GK – David Seaman

Credit: Offside / Mark Leech

England goalkeeper David Seaman saved a Gary McAllister penalty with the score at 1-0 and, who knows, if that had gone in, would Gazza have produced his moment of magic?

Nevertheless, the Arsenal goalkeeper spent a further seven years in North London after the tournament, winning two Premier League titles and three FA Cup winner’s medals.

He was forced to retire in 2004 due to a recurrent shoulder injury, and has since been seen on our screens on ITV’s Dancing on Ice, coming fourth in the first series of the show, and then 12th in the final series in 2013.

RB – Gary Neville

Photo: Offside / Marca

England’s number one right-back at the time Gary Neville won seven more Premier League titles with Manchester United after Euro 96, and also clinched two Champions League winner’s medals.

The 41-year-old was an enormous part of the United team that dominated English football before he hung his boots up in 2011, this all after captaining both United and England at times during his career.

After an ill-fated first managerial role at Valencia, which lasted just under four months, Neville returned to work with Sky Sports as a pundit, and is now seen regularly on their Super Sunday and Monday Night Football programmes.

CB – Tony Adams

Photo: Mark Leech.

Centre-back Tony Adams spent a further six years at Arsenal after Euro 96, winning two more Premier League titles to add to the two he won in 1989 and 1991.

After retiring in 2003, he went into management with Wycombe Wanderers, although resigned at Adams’ Park just a year later.

Further unsuccessful managerial spells at Portsmouth (2008-09) and Gabala (2010-11) followed, and the former defender is now head of youth development at Chinese side Chongqing Lifan.

CB – Gareth Southgate

Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

Twenty years on from Euro 96, and Gareth Southgate is now managing his country!

The former centre-back remained at Aston Villa until 2001 before moving to Middlesbrough, where he spent five further years before taking over the first team manager role in 2006.

Southgate was sacked in 2009 at the Riverside Stadium, and has since been working in the England set-up, both as Under-20 and Under-21 manager.

However, he is currently in interim charge of the senior team following the departure of Sam Allardyce, and will lead the Three Lions when they take on Scotland on Friday.

LB – Stuart Pearce

Photo: Mark Leech / Offside.

Nottingham Forest legend Stuart Pearce was replaced at half-time against Scotland in 1996, before his passionate reaction to scoring a penalty against Spain in the quarter-final became one of the images of English football.

The left-back spent a further year at the City Ground, before spending time at Newcastle, West Ham, and Manchester City before retiring in 2002.

He missed a penalty in his final game for City, a goal which would have taken his career tally to 100, before embarking on a career in club management with Man City and more recently Nottingham Forest.

Pearce, like Southgate, also became an important part of the England set-up, and managed the Under-21’s between 2007 and 2013 before being succeeded by his former England teammate.

Pearce hasn’t been in management since losing his job at Forest last year, and can occasionally be heard on the radio or seen on TV as a pundit.

RM – Darren Anderton

Photo Mark Leech.

It was Darren Anderton that provided the chipped pass to Paul Gascoigne to do his stuff on that day in 1996.

44-year-old Anderton went on to make 499 appearances in his club career, including 300 at Tottenham between 1992 and 2004.

The right midfielder finished his career at Bournemouth in 2008, and ended with a bang by scoring a wonderful last minute volley against Chester.

CM – Paul Ince

Photo: Steve Bardens – Offside.

A mainstay of the England midfield in 1996 and the few years after, Paul Ince was an excellent footballer who won two Premier League titles with Manchester United in 1993 and 1994.

Following spells at Inter Milan, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Wolves, Swindon, and Macclesfield, Ince retired from playing in 2007, but got a taste for management while at Macclesfield, as he spent much of the 2006/07 season as a player-manager at the club.

He then got the manager’s job at MK Dons in 2007, leading the club to League One in his first season, before taking over the reins at Blackburn in 2008.

However, he lasted just six months at Ewood Park and, following another spell at MK Dons, and time at Notts County and Blackpool, Ince hasn’t been involved in management since 2014, but is occasionally seen on the TV as a pundit.

CM – Paul Gascoigne

Credit: Offside / Mark Leech

Everybody remembers Paul Gascoigne’s incredible goal that sealed the victory for England that day against their neighbours.

An unreal moment of trickery, pace, and power to give the Three Lions a 2-0 lead summed up Gazza’s ability on the football pitch, and he has been widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers England has ever had.

He retired from playing in 2004 after spells in the lower leagues, and had a shot at management in 2005 with Kettering Town, although lasted just 39 days at the helm.

Gazza’s personal life has been subject to much media interest in recent years, and he has written three autobiographies which highlights his various addictions.

LM – Steve McManaman

Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

Steve McManaman moved to Real Madrid in 1999, following a nine-year stint with Liverpool that saw him win two domestic trophies.

In the Spanish capital though, McManaman twice won La Liga and the Champions League, before moving back to England with Manchester City in 2003.

Two years later, he retired from the game, and has since yet to return to the game in a management role.

Although he became a coach at Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers in 2013, McManaman is regularly seen as a pundit for BT Sport for their Champions League and Premier League coverage.

CF – Teddy Sheringham

Photo: Charlotte Wilson

Teddy Sheringham spent just one more year at Tottenham before sealing a £3.5 million move to Manchester United in 1997.

He of course scored the dramatic equaliser in the Champions League final in 1999, and then flicked on for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to head home the winner moments later.

Nevertheless, he wasn’t quite as prolific at Old Trafford as was expected, and thus returned to Tottenham in 2001.

Spells at Portsmouth, West Ham, and Colchester followed before Sheringham retired in 2008 at the age of 42.

Sheringham has had a taste of management when he took over at Stevenage last year, but lost his job in February of this year after just seven wins from his 33 matches in charge.

More recently, Sheringham was a columnist for Paddy Power during Euro 2016.

CF – Alan Shearer

Photo: Matt Roberts/Offside

Alan Shearer made the move to his beloved Newcastle after Euro 96, and he went on to score 206 goals in 405 appearances for the Magpies.

148 of these came in the Premier League, which took his total to 260 – a record that still remains in tact today.

He retired in 2006 and was then roped back to Newcastle as manager in a bid to keep the club in the top-flight in 2009, although his side were unable to avoid the drop.

Shearer hasn’t returned to management since and is instead a regular pundit for the BBC on Match of the Day, and their coverage of the World Cups and European Championships.

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