England's Golden Generation never quite fulfilled its potential on the pitch and a similar scenario is panning out in the dugout.
Eight of the Three Lions' starters against Switzerland at Euro 2004 have moved into management, almost of all them with forgettable results.
On Tuesday, Wayne Rooney was sacked by Birmingham City after just 82 days at St Andrews and only two wins in 15 games in charge.
Frank Lampard did well at Derby, but was sacked by Chelsea and Everton, while Steven Gerrard's SPL triumph at Rangers was overshadowed by a disappointing 11 months in charge of Aston Villa.
Here, Mail Sport takes a look at where things have gone wrong when members of the Golden Generation moved into management.
1 DAVID JAMES - Win percentage: 29.3
Coaching jobs: IBV player-coach (2013), Kerala Blasters (2014, 2018)
After learning under Hermann Hreidarsson in Iceland, he lost the Indian Super League final to end his first spell as Kerala player-boss in 2014. An 11-game winless run curtailed the second.
2 GARY NEVILLE - Win percentage: 35.7
Coaching jobs: England assistant (2012-16), Valencia (2015-16)
Won only three of his 16 league games in charge of Valencia, which included a 7-0 thrashing by Barcelona. Back on Sky Sports within three months.
3 ASHLEY COLE - Win percentage: N/A
Coaching jobs: England U21 assistant (2021-22), Everton first-team coach (2022-23), Birmingham first-team coach (2023-24)
Worked under former team-mates Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney. Now on the hunt for another job.
4 STEVEN GERRARD- Win percentage: 57.1
Coaching jobs: Rangers (2018-21), Aston Villa (2021-22), Al Ettifaq (2023-)
Ended Celtic’s run of nine straight league titles with Rangers but struggled after No 2 Michael Beale left and is now two months without a
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