 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - England yakatanga kuoneka paFIFA World Cup ya1950, uye yakazokwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi gumi nemashanu eFIFA World Cup, yakabatana nenhamba yechitanhatu yakanakisa nenhamba yekuonekwa. Ivo vakabatanidzwawo nokuda kwechitanhatu nenhamba yekukunda, pamwe chete neSpain. Chikwata chenyika ndechimwe chikwata chenyika masere chakakunda mukombe weFIFA World Cup kamwe chete. Chikwata cheEngland chakahwina mukombe wenyika wokutanga uye wokutanga muna 1966. Mutambo wacho wakaridzwa pamusha, uye England yakakunda West Germany 42 mufainari. Muna 1990, England yakapedza iri pachinzvimbo chechina, ichirasikirwa 21 nenyika yekugamuchira Italy munzvimbo yechitatu-yekutamba, mushure mekurasikirwa nemakwikwi kumakwikwi eWest Germany mu semi-fainari. Vakapedzawo vari pachinzvimbo chechina muna 2018, mushure mekurasikirwa ne20 kuBelgium mumutambo wechitatu uye 21 kuCroatia muhafu yekupedzisira mushure mekuwedzera nguva. Chikwata ichi chakasvikawo kumaquarter-final muna 1954, 1962, 1970, 1986, 2002 na2006. 