*THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW ENGLAND REACHED THE EURO 2024 FINAL*
*Written by the European Football Writer of the Year and the Chief Football Correspondent at the Sunday Times*
*Includes interviews with Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane, Declan Rice, John Stones, Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling, Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville and many more*
*Learn how England broke their penalty shootout hoodoo*
*Discover Southgate's work behind the scenes to transform the team's culture*
*Find out how Harry Kane was identified as a leader by Southgate during his first camp*
*Uncover how Bellingham was picked out as a top talent at an early age and nurtured through the youth system*
Under the stewardship of Gareth Southgate and captained by Harry Kane, England reached two finals, a semi-final and a quarter-final in four tournaments. After years of underperforming, how did they become genuine contenders at major tournaments?
Dear England: The Real Story of the Three Lions Rebirth delves into Southgate's turbulent journey to becoming England manager, his emergence as a waistcoated cult figure and becoming the country's most successful manager since Sir Alf Ramsey. Award-winning football writers Jonathan Northcroft and Rob Draper have had extraordinary access to the England team during Southgate's tenure and take us behind the scenes as they give the complete account of the highs and lows of Southgate's reign and the sea change that took place throughout the entire England set up.
For the first time, this is the real story of England's evolution both on and off the pitch, revealing how Southgate transformed a failing culture and empowered young people to write their own history.
LISTEN AT THE END FOR BONUS CONTENT WITH THE AUTHORS, UPDATED SINCE THE EURO 2024 FINAL. Jonathan Northcroft (Author)
Jonathan Northcroft has been the Chief Football Correspondent at the Sunday Times since 2009 and is a frequent contributor to Sky Sports, BBC, BT and TalkSport football programmes. Inaugural winner of the Jim Rodger Memorial Award for young sports writers in Scotland, he has written books on modern football journalism, England's rebirth at the 2018 World Cup, Leicester City's 2015-16 title miracle and collaborated with Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel on his Sunday Times bestselling autobiography One.
Rob Draper (Author)
Rob Draper is the European Football Writer of the Year 2023 and previously Sports Journalist Association Football Reporter of the Year and Social Media Journalist of the Year. Formerly the Mail on Sunday's Chief Football Writer, Rob now writes for the Guardian. Rob has collaborated with Gary Neville on the Sunday Times Bestseller The People's Game and is co-author of Class of 92: Out of our League along with Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.
The real 'Dear England', this is the inside story of how Gareth Southgate's England went from no-hopers to genuine contenders, written by Southgate experts and award-winning journalists who have followed the team throughout his tenure. Behind the scenes look at the most successful England team since 1966 Takes in the whole of Southgate's reign, including all the action from Euro 2024. Continued fascination with Gareth Southgate and how he presided over a huge cultural change, as seen by success of Dear England stage production and upcoming BBC series Written by two award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling journalists, who have both followed the team closely throughout Southgate's reign
