These are unprecedented times for England - enjoy them

These are unprecedented times for England - enjoy themTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Bellingham scores extra-time winner as England reach semi-finalsByDale JohnsonFootball issues correspondentPublished1 minute agoCommentsTen years ago the suggestion that England could become serial contenders in major tournaments would have sounded laughable. After all, the Three Lions had just been knocked out in the last 16 at Euro 2016 by Iceland.That came on the back of a dismal World Cup in Brazil where England finished bottom of their group, signing off with a 0-0 draw against Costa Rica for their only point in the tournament.Spearheaded by the brilliance of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane, England now firmly belong in the conversation as potential champions. Not just this year, but every year.Since Euro 2016, England have reached at least the semi-finals in four out of five tournaments. We are in unprecedented times.It is a record only surpassed by Argentina and France, as they have World Cup and Copa America titles to show for it.After England's nail-biting 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway on Saturday, Argentina - and a first meeting with Lionel Messi - await in the final four.Even if England fall short once again, this is now a team built to compete rather than enjoy a brief dalliance with success. A remarkable era for England's football teamsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have scored 11 of England's 13 goals at the World CupThree Lions, the song written by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds for Euro 96, has long been derided outside of England for its supposed arrogance. Yet it encapsulated what supporting this England team was about. Not just at the time, but what came before and the 20 years that followed, too."England's gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away," a tale of hope over lived experience.The ide...