Appears I am wrong then. But at the same time I still think success at this competion is over rated.
We finished as runner ups in 2009 and since then that team has gone on to achieve.. well nothing.
In 1984 we won the tournament, just two years beofre we were robbed by Diego Marradona in Mexico. But if you look at that team that won it in 1984, in their international careers they went on to achieve... : (old daily mail) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...9/Whatever-happened-Englands-heroes-1984.html
well, again nothing.
EDIT: Mind you reading through the link seems half the squad were cursed and either had their careers ended or ended up battling life threatening conditions!