On a record-breaking night in Zagreb, England made more history by starting a qualifying campaign with two away wins for the first time.

England have previously had to qualify for 24 tournaments - 13 World Cups and 11 European Championships.

This how we started the qualifiers for those World Cups:-

2006: Drew 2-2 away (Austria), won 2-1 away (Poland)
2002: Lost 0-1 at home (Germany), drew 0-0 away (Finland)
1998: Won 3-0 away (Moldova), won 2-1 at home (Poland)
1994: Drew 1-1 at home (Norway), won 4-0 at home (Turkey)
1990: Drew 0-0 at home (Sweden), won 2-0 away (Albania)
1986: Won 5-0 at home (Finland), won 8-0 away (Turkey)
1982: Won 4-0 at home (Norway), lost 1-2 away (Romania)
1978: Won 4-1 away (Finland), won 2-1 at home (Finland)
1974: Won 1-0 away (Wales), drew 1-1 at home (Wales)
1962: Won 9-0 away (Luxembourg), drew 1-1 away (Portugal)
1958: Won 5-1 away (Denmark), won 5-2 at home (Denmark)
1954: Won 4-1 away (Wales), won 3-1 at home (N Ireland)
1950: Won 4-1 away (Wales), won 9-2 at home (N Ireland)

England didn't have to qualify in 1966 (hosts) and 1970 (holders).

Our European Championship qualifiers started like this:-

2008: Won 5-0 at home (Andorra), won 1-0 away (Macedonia)
2004: Won 2-1 away (Slovakia), drew 2-2 at home (Macedonia)
2000: Lost 1-2 away (Sweden), drew 0-0 at home (Bulgaria)
1992: Won 2-0 at home (Poland), drew 1-1 away (Rep of Ireland)
1988: Won 3-0 at home (N Ireland), won 2-0 at home (Yugoslavia)
1984: Drew 2-2 away (Denmark), won 3-0 away (Greece)
1980: Won 4-3 away (Denmark), drew 1-1 away (Rep of Ireland)
1976: Won 3-0 at home (Czechoslovakia), drew 0-0 at home (Portugal)
1972: Won 1-0 away (Malta), won 3-0 at home (Greece)
1968: Won 2-0 away (N Ireland), won 5-1 at home (Wales)
1964: Drew 1-1 at home (France), lost 2-5 away (France) - "First Round"