Introduction
Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Twenty One
Crossword – Knut
The cryptic crossword from Issue Twenty One
Behind The Throne
The Captain’s Coup – Aleksandar Holiga
Zvonimir Boban, a controversial interview and Croatia’s conflicted relationship with its national side
The Alchemist – Samindra Kunti
Michel Sablon on how his ideas helped shaped Belgium’s Golden Generation
Standard Bearer – James Montague
How Ismail Morina and his drone shaped Albania’s Euro qualification
Coaches
The Idiot on the Right – Dan Brigham
The tempestuous playing career of the Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill
From Nowhere – Michael Walker
Michael O’Neill on how he inspired Northern Ireland to qualification
Changing the Culture – Karel Haring
How Pavel Vrba took the Czech Republic to France and changed the national mindset
Mellow Peril – Lukas Vrablik
Ján Kozák on how calming down has helped him lead Slovakia to European Championship qualification
The Cat Rescuer – Igor Rabiner
How a fall from a tree set Leonid Slutsky on his way to the top
The Hosts
The Burial of the Exotic – Philippe Auclair
André-Pierre Gignac plays in Mexico but could be France’s key striker at the European Championship
Le Vocab – Tom Williams
A lexicon of French football terms, what they mean and their cultural significance’
Impression: England 1966
Golden Anniversary – Amy Lawrence
A people’s history of the 1966 and England’s only ever success at a major tournament
Photo Essay
The Golden Squad – Lajos Kozak
For 60 years, extraordinary pictures of Hungary’s greatest team lay undeveloped
Fiction
The Quantum of Bobby (Part Seven) – Iain Macintosh
Bobby Manager answers England’s call to lead his nation at Euro 2016
Greatest GamesDenmark 3 Belgium 2 – Rob Smyth
European Championship group stage, Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, 19 June 1984
Eight Bells
Euro 76 – Scott Murray
A selection of key games from perhaps the greatest ever international tournament