11 October 1997: The England captain Paul Ince is bloodstained after a first-half incident during the World Cup qualifier in Rome. The goalless draw saw Glenn Hoddle’s side pip Italy to automatic qualification for the following year’s World Cup in France. ‘If we are capable of coming to a place like this and in a game of this nature, and getting the desired result when all the pressures are on you, and everything is conspiring against you, then it shows that you are capable of doing it when it comes to the finals next summer,’ said a member of Glenn Hoddle’s staff, Roy Hodgson.

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