Dear England is a 2023 play by James Graham about Gareth Southgate’s appointment as manager of the England men’s football team.
Provides examples of:
- Distaff Counterpart: The women's team are in the background of the action for most of the play, until they win the Euros after the men's team get knocked out.
- My Greatest Failure: Gareth is haunted by the penalty he missed in 1996 that resulted in England getting knocked out of the 1996 men's Euros.
- We Don't Suck Anymore: The second act opens with the whole cast rejoicing over England's performance at the 2018 World Cup in the Russia, singing along to "Vindaloo" and declaring that football's coming home.
- You Are in Command Now: The play opens with Gareth initially being brought in from the men's U21 squad as a caretaker manager for the main men's team after Sam Allardyce's resignation.
