The last England side to beat the Netherlands – Where are they now?
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England face the Netherlands in an international friendly on Friday evening, looking for their first victory over the Dutch in eight attempts.
England have not beaten the Netherlands in their last seven meetings, losing three and drawing four.
In fact, you have to go back to Euro ’96 to see the last time the Dutch side lost to England, where Terry Venables’ men won 4-1 on home soil.
That game took place almost 22 years ago and a lot has changed since then. In honour of Friday’s game, we’ve taken a look back at the last England side to beat the Netherlands to see what they’ve been up to and where they are now.
David Seaman
England’s number one at Euro 96 was David Seaman. The Arsenal legend went on to play until he was 40, winning two league titles and two FA Cups between the Euros and his retirement.
More recently, you might have caught Seaman on ITV’s Dancing on Ice, where he met his third wife, Frankie Poultney.
Gary Neville
A 21-year-old Gary Neville was included in the Euro 96 squad and started at right-back against Holland.
He went on to have a glittering career with Manchester United before retiring in 2011.
He was part of Roy Hodgson’s backroom staff with England after a failed stint in charge of Valencia, but he’s not done much coaching since and can be seen regularly on Sky’s TV coverage.
Tony Adams
Tony Adams captained England in the 4-1 win at Wembley.
After getting treatment for his problems with alcohol addiction, Adams got back into football as a manager with Portsmouth before taking over at Gabala FC in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Adams also founded the Sporting Chance Clinic, a charity aimed at providing treatment, counselling, and support for athletes suffering from drink, drug or gambling addictions.
Gareth Southgate
The man who infamously missed the penalty against Germany later on in the tournament, went on to become manager of Middlesborough, where he spent three years.
He is currently in charge of the England national side and will manage them in Russia 2018.
Stuart Pearce
After retiring from football in 2002, Stuart Pearce joined Kevin Keegan’s backroom staff at Manchester City. He went on to manage the club for two years.
He was the England U21 manager for seven years and after a recent spell in charge of Nottingham Forest, he is now working as a pundit.
Steve McManaman
After spending three more seasons at Liverpoo post Euro ’96l, Steve McManaman moved to Real Madrid where he won eight trophies in four seasons, including two Champions Leagues.
He scored in the 2000 Champions League final and also scored a famous goal against Barcelona in the 2002 semi-final.
After a spell with Man City, he retired and is currently a pundit on BT Sport.
Paul Gascoigne
After Euro ’96, Gazza went on to play at various levels until 2004 and had a brief spell as the manager of Kettering Town in 2005.
He is currently trying to stay healthy after a number of spells in rehab due to his addiction to alcohol.
Paul Ince
Paul Ince ended his playing career by dropping down the divisions before going into management.
He had spells in charge of Macclesfield Town, MK Dons twice, Blackburn, Notts County and Blackpool and is currently looking to get back into management.
Darren Anderton
Winger Darren Anderton played until 2008, having spells at Spurs, Birmingham, Wolves and Bournemouth.
He’s since done punditry work, and can be seen on Canadian network TSN.
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer opened the scoring against the Netherlands, and also scored England’s fourth goal.
Immediately after Euro 96, Shearer chose to join his boyhood side Newcastle United over Manchester United.
He played at Newcastle for ten years, breaking all kinds of goalscoring records along the way.
He had a brief spell in charge of the club in 2009 but couldn’t save them from relegation. He is now a pundit for the BBC.
Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham also scored twice in the 4-1 win, getting the second and third goals for England.
Sheringham’s career seemed to go on forever. After winning the treble with Manchester United, he had further spells with Tottenham, Portsmouth, West Ham and Colchester United.
He retired at the age of 42 and has had spells in charge of Stevenage and Indian Super League side ATK.
David Platt
David Platt replaced Paul Ince as a substitute in the game.
He played for two more years after Euro 96 before moving into management.
He managed Sampdoria, Nottingham Forest, and the England U21 side, before moving to Man City as a coach, where he was part of Roberto Mancini’s backroom staff as City won the league title.
He also spent a season managing Pune FC in the Indian Premier League.
Nick Barmby
Nick Barmby also came off the bench, replacing Teddy Sherringham.
He joined Everton in 1996 before crossing the Merseyside divide to join Liverpool.
After a short spell with Leeds, he joined Hull City and eventually became manager of the club.
He was sacked after making comments about the club’s owners and transfer policy.
Robbie Fowler
It wasn’t just Sherringham who was denied a hat-trick against Holland, Shearer was too as he was replaced by Robbie Fowler.
Fowler retired in 2012 after spells with numerous clubs such as Liverpool, Leeds, Man City, and Cardiff.
He now works as an ambassador for Liverpool and is also involved with coaching the club’s academy players.