Previously I talked about England's Seven Stages In Football Tournaments

Today, I will talk about the social reason behind England's lack of international trophies.

In the current post-modern age and in the absence of a national identity project fitting of the world's number one sport a rich, imperial country like England doesn't have the luxury for social bias toward the proletariat over the bourgeoisie. Simple enough?

Let's Simplify It

Many English Premier League executives came out saying that clubs search for talents in the lower class exclusively. The reason for that is a myth saying that the lower class is where most of the talents are. Those talents become players, then managers, and finally, executives.

As time went by, the English footballing community became a closed one barring anyone from joining it. This comes with a lot of benefits like the strength of character, persistence, and life experience, it also had a downside.

The Downside

For some unknown reason and for the longest time, the English believed that sausage and chips(Fries) were the best food.

Also, for the longest time, the answer to everything was having a drink. Nervous before a match? Have a drink. Excited before a match? Have a drink. Sad you got beaten? Have a drink. Celebrating win? Have a drink. The idea isn't exactly sausage, chips, and beer, but rather a backward culture that other countries in Europe were faster to move on from.

A Special Type of Classism

There was a huge animosity toward players who have obtained higher education or social status. Not only that, those factors were used to insult and bully them.

There were club executives who were mocked for suggesting more advanced ideas tactically. Any talks about coaching and tactics were mocked and labeled "bullshit".

That may not apply now, but, keep in mind I am talking about England as a league and a national team since 1966 at least.

Graeme Le Saux, an ex-Chelsea player, talked about how he was bullied, taunted, and insulted because of his accent in his entire career. David Beckham once insulted him using homophobic slurs, according to Le Saux.

Even simple habits and hobbies like reading a newspaper or a novel were considered trespassing on the culture. Graeme Le Saux might not be a name big enough for these to matter, but similar things happened Frank Lampard.

Frank Lampard was the survivor and exception to that culture, but even he suffered a lot of insults and bullying because of how he grew up.

Why That's Bad

Whenever you look at many superstars these days, you might be thinking that it is a fact that the lower class produces the most talented players. It applies to Messi, Cristiano, Zlatan, Oscar's move to China was heavily affected by that fact and many more stars.

However, in countries like Brazil and most others, the higher percentage of its residents is in the lower class. That's different in England, where the majority of people exist in the middle class. With that unreasonable belief, England effectively eliminated the greatest part of its population from the equation.

If other European countries followed used that and eliminated models of well-to-do talents that are well educated Spain wouldn't have Iniesta, Italy wouldn't have Nesta, the Netherlands wouldn't have Cruyff, Bergkamp, and Ruud Gullit. Brazil wouldn't have Tostão, Kaka, and Sócrates. Argentina wouldn't have Jorge Valdano and Osvaldo Ardiles.

In Conclusion

In all of its glory, English football was actively eliminating the majority of its population from football, socially and culturally. Thousands of young talents turned away, thousands of players held down, all because they came from the major class in the country.