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EnglISH FOOTBALL DNA?

Football DNA is the complex science that explains how our footballers naturally play…

The concept was devised by the FA in one of their back-of-a-fag-packet reports

The FA decided that English players needed to be able to do more keepie-uppies

Now young footballers can do loads (20 or more)

In the past, English football DNA was about muscularity, work rate, and passion

To be clear, English DNA was always different to Scottish football DNA

England won a World Cup thanks to Geoff Hurst and a bit of luck. This was before science

Now, with regular practice from a young age, England players can make the most of their DNA

Coaches who make a cock-up of substitutions might still blame English DNA for everything