From there to here: How Iceland shocked the football world

Iceland begin preparations today for a Euro 2016 quarter-final against France still coming to terms with the headlines that greeted their remarkable victory over England.
From there to here: How Iceland shocked the football world

They have been hailed as miracle workers, as weavers of an impossible football fairytale, as the dreamers whose dream came true.

But it’s easy to forget how much work went into getting there.

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