THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY UNDER BUNGLING HODGSON

MAY 2012 Appointed as Fabio Capello’s successor ahead of favourite Harry Redknapp. Named Euro 2012 squad that did not include Rio Ferdinand, whose brother Anton had a pending court case with England defender John Terry who was accused of racial abuse. EURO 2012 Qualified as group winners after a draw with France was followed by wins over Sweden and co-hosts Ukraine. But the quarter final with Italy finished 0-0, and 4-2 penalty shoot-out misery. NOV 2012 Hodgson lost first match in charge of England, a friendly against Sweden in which Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four times, including a 15-minute, second-half hat-trick. FEB 2013 England beat Brazil for the first time in 23 years in a Wembley friendly. OCT 2013 England defeated Poland at Wembley to complete their World Cup qualification group unbeaten. MAY 2014 Omitted veteran Ashley Cole from his World Cup squad. JUNE 2014 Eliminated from World Cup finals in record time, losing opening games to Italy and Uruguay. It is the first time England have failed to advance from the group stage at a World Cup, and the demoralised side draw final match 0-0 with Costa Rica to finish bottom of the group. Hodgson refuses to resign and lack of alternatives mean FA stand by their man. 2015 England qualify for European Championships in France with a 100 per cent record, only the sixth time this has been achieved in the competition’s history. 2016 Revealed that Hodgson must reach the quarter-finals if he is to keep his job. Failure to beat Slovakia in final group game after making six changes to the starting line-up meant England qualified second in the group, and with the more difficult route to the final. However, England need only to beat Iceland, the lowest ranked team left in the tournament, to progress to the last eight. Defeat spells the end for Hodgson.