Eriksson’s highs and lows as England coach

HIGH – 2000: October – Agrees five-year contract to become first foreign manager of the English national team from summer of 2001.

HIGH 2001: September England thrash Germany 5-1 in World Cup qualifier in Munich, en route to reaching the 2002 finals.

LOW 2002: April - World Cup preparations disrupted by revelations of affair with Ulrika Jonsson.

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