Many criticised the appointment of Roy Hodgson last year when he left Premier League club West Bromwich Albion to take over the England job.
Hodgson, who had his debut in May 26, 2012 in a 1-0 win over Norway, has defied the odds, however.
From 18 internationals, En-gland only lost once with him in charge of the team. The Whites remain undefeated at home in six matches.
Hodgson’s last match brought a lot of satisfaction to the England fans as Three Lions beat Scotland at Wembley Stadium.
This was the first duel between the two great rivals since they met in a play-off for the 2000 European Championship finals.
In the first match at Hampden Park, England toppled Scotland 2-0 (Scholes 2). England lost the return at Wembley 0-1, but still qualified 2-1 on aggregate.
While Paul Scholes was the hero of that two-legged affair, last month it was the turn of South-ampton striker Ricky Lambert to steal the limelight after scoring the winner on his debut for the national team.
Before joining Southampton, Lambert played for Blackpool, Macclesfield, Stockport, Rochdale and Bristol Rovers.
England now have two World Cup qualifiers coming up in the next few days.
Tomorrow they play at home to Moldova before Tuesday’s trip to Ukraine.
Roy Hodgson internationals to date:
May 26, 2012 (Oslo): Norway-England 0-1 (Young) Friendly.
June 2, 2012 (Wembley): England-Belgium 1-0 (Welbeck) Friendly.
June 11, 2012 (Donetsk): England-France 1-1 (Lescott). Euro 2012 finals.
June 15, 2012 (Kiev): England-Sweden 3-2 (Carroll, Walcott, Welbeck). Euro 2012 finals.
June 19, 2012 (Donetsk): England-Ukraine 1-0 (Rooney). Euro 2012 finals.
June 24, 2012 (Kiev): Quarter-final – England-Italy 0-0; penalties Lost 2-4. Euro 2012 finals.
August 16, 2012 (Berne): England-Italy 2-1 (Jagielka, Defoe) Friendly.
September 7, 2012 (Chisinau): Moldova-England 0-5 (Lampard 2, Defoe, Milner, Baines). World Cup qualifier.
September 11, 2012 (Wembley): England-Ukraine 1-1 (Lampard pen). World Cup qualifier.
October 12, 2012 (Wembley): England-San Marino 5-0 (Rooney 2, Welbeck 2, Oxlaide-Chamberlain). World Cup qualifier.
October 18, 2012 (Warsaw): Poland-England 1-1 (Rooney). World Cup qualifier.
November 14, 2012 (Stockholm): Sweden-England 4-2 (Welbeck, Caulker). Friendly.
February 6, 2013 (Wembley): England-Brazil 2-1 (Rooney, Lampard). Friendly.
March 22, 2013 (San Marino): San Marino-England 0-8 (Valle og, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Defoe 2, Young, Lampard, Rooney, Sturridge).
March 26, 2013 (Podgorica): Montenegro-England 1-1 (Rooney). World Cup qualifier.
May 30, 2013 (Wembley): England-Ireland 1-1 (Lampard). Friendly.
June 1, 2013 (Rio): Brazil-England 2-2 (Oxlade-Chamberlain, Rooney). Friendly.
August 14, 2013 (Wembley): England-Scotland 3-2 (Walcott, Welbeck, Lambert). Friendly.
47-player list
Hodgson has used 47 players so far – five keepers, 14 defenders, 21 midfielders and seven forwards.
Since his appointment, he also gave a debut to 15 players.