Euro 2020: Southgate thrilled to give joy to England fans
It's your own fault, Scotland. Even Gareth Southgate admits that the whole phenomenon that fans north of the border have had to put up with from their England counterparts for the last few years would not have happened if they had done a little bit better the last time they came to Wembley.
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"I felt we played well on the night but we were in the really early stages of getting the team to resemble what we truly believed and what the consequences of more time coaching the team allowed to happen.
"But the win did not convince me about taking the job full-time – perhaps it persuaded everybody else to think, 'Blimey, we've tried everything else, perhaps we might give this bloke a go – he took the under 21s, let's go from there!'
"On a personal level, by the time we got there I felt it was a job I wanted even though I was never going to say that publicly.
"But I knew having worked with the players and having had a closer insight into the workings of the job it was something I wanted to go for in my life.
"What persuaded me was that the players were willing to adapt to the approach that we had and embrace the way we wanted to play and the way we wanted to work.
"The win just allowed that to happen."
Memories of how close the whole Southgate phenomenon that swept the country three summers ago were to never happening is particularly resonant during this European Championship.
"I had kind of regretted not having had a go at it and would never have known what might have been possible," Southgate admitted.
"That is not a good position to be in, in your life.
"When we saw what happened with Christian Eriksen the other day, it was just another reminder that you have got to go for things in life and give them the best possible shot.
"At least when you're finished, you don't have regrets about things you did not have a go at or performances that were inhibited.