8 Fictional Characters Who Should Definitely Get The England Manager's Job

The wheeling and dealing Derek Trotter has brought a certain sense of working class-ness back to the England team. His insistence on not picking “any yuppies who don’t speak English like what we do” and only selecting lower-league players so that he can repeatedly insist to them that “this time next year, we’ll be millionaires!” has earned him a reputation as a man of the people among fans of the Three Lions.

What’s more is that the Peckham-born and bred businessman knows what it takes to get to the top, even with years of failures behind it. It’s what makes Del such an everyman, and his popularity among the fans is unparalleled. Even when his picks or strategies are questioned, the manager simply offers, “You know it makes sense” to his doubters while #LovelyJubbly is a frequent trend on Twitter during England games.

Though some fear that his past as a market trader might be his undoing - dodgy deals got the last guy fired, after all - Trotter frequently insists that everything is "cushty" with his appointment, and the six gas cookers stashed in his office were apparently planted there by the police.

Despite being the laughing stock of other countries (Trotter’s press conferences in France have never gone especially well, given the manager’s insistence on trying to speak the local lingo), it’s the drive and determination that comes with Del Boy’s fairy-tale story that makes any England success worthwhile. Having lost his mother at a young age and single-handedly raised his brother (the FA’s ‘Financial Advisor’ Rodney), Derek Trotter has had to work all his life to get to where he is and never backed down from a challenge, because he who dares, wins.