'I told my wife: "Don't you dare be pictured dancing on tables!"': Daily Mail's World Cup columnist MICHAEL OWEN on WAG chaos in 2006, Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand's rift, and the England manager who'd have succeeded with Golden Generation

The popular theory is that England's Golden Generation missed out on silverware because of tribal loyalties and who sat where at dinner. Michael Owen remembers it differently.

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Jun 11, 2026 - 07:35
'I told my wife: "Don't you dare be pictured dancing on tables!"': Daily Mail's World Cup columnist MICHAEL OWEN on WAG chaos in 2006, Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand's rift, and the England manager who'd have succeeded with Golden Generation
The popular theory is that England's Golden Generation missed out on silverware because of tribal loyalties and who sat where at dinner. Michael Owen remembers it differently.
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