Where are they now? England's World Cup semi final team from 1990
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
England’s starting 11 against Germany in the World Cup on July 4, 1990.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
PETER SHILTON: England’s first-choice goalkeeper in Italy played on until 1997 and now runs a consultancy business with his wife. He competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 and works on the after-dinner speaking circuit.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
PAUL PARKER: Parker went on to win two Premier League titles at Manchester United and – following his retirement – he managed Chelmsford City and Welling United. He now works as a pundit, mostly sports channels based abroad, and has appeared on Sky Sports News on several occasions.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
TERRY BUTCHER: Butcher started his managerial career just months after the World Cup as player/manager at Coventry. He is now the coach of the Philippines and is often heard voicing his footballing opinions on radio and TV.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
MARK WRIGHT: A management career beckoned for Wright following his retirement but he now runs a company which organises charity football events and corporate functions and regularly appears on Liverpool’s in-house television station LFC TV.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
STUART PEARCE: Pearce coached England’s Under-21 side as well as Great Britain’s men’s team at the 2012 Olympics, he was part of Moyes’ coaching team at West Ham last season. He now works as a pundit and is part of the talkSPORT team covering the World Cup in Russia.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
DES WALKER: Walker played on until 2004 and has worked in a number of minor coaching roles since, as well as a spell working as a lorry driver. He has also represented England at Soccer Aid and his oldest son, Tyler, now plays as a striker for Walker’s former club Forest.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
DAVID PLATT: Like Pearce, Platt also enjoyed a spell in charge of England’s Under-21s and also went on to work under Roberto Mancini at Manchester City. He took charge of FC Pune City in the Indian Premier League in 2015 and now does occasional punditry work.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
PAUL GASCOIGNE: The trials and tribulations of ‘Gazza’ have been played out in the public eye ever since his performances in Italy. Plagued by addiction, Gascoigne has been alcohol-free since 2017 and now entertains his fans with a humorous Twitter account.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
CHRIS WADDLE: The man who missed the deciding penalty in the shoot-out against Germany, Waddle still enjoyed another 12 years of football. He briefly came out of retirement in 2013 at the age of 52 to play for non-league Hallam but is now a regular contributor to the BBC Radio 5Live’s Premier League coverage.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
GARY LINEKER: After retiring, Lineker began working as a pundit on Match of the Day before taking over as the main host in 1999. He also fronts World Cup coverage and BT Sport’s European matches, while producing documentaries through his company Goalhanger films and he still sells crisps for Walkers.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
PETER BEARDSLEY: Beardsley has been working in several different coaching roles at Newcastle but is currently facing allegations of bullying in his position as under-23s coach and took a “period of leave” in January.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
TREVOR STEVEN: Steven returned to plenty of World Cups as an expert summariser, working for the BBC in 2002 and going on to cover future tournaments for Irish broadcaster RTE.
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England World Cup semi final 1990: Where are they now?
BOBBY ROBSON: Robson was the first man since Sir Alf Ramsey to take England so far in a World Cupand went on to enjoy a varied managerial career at PSV, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Barcelona and Newcastle. He died in 2009 after a fight with lung cancer.
England face Croatia in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, the first time since 1990 that the Three Lions have made it so far.
But what became of the last set of England players to reach this stage of the tournament?
From punditry to management and plenty inbetween, the late Bobby Robson’s squad have had varied careers after football.