News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.ENGLAND boss Gareth Southgate gave his local side penalty tips to help them reach a play-off final — despite once fluffing a vital spot-kick himself.Southgate, 49, missed a sudden-death penalty for England in the Euro ’96 semi-final against Germany, who went on to win the tournament.But he passed on the benefit of his experience to help Harrogate Town prepare for their National League play-off semi-final against Boreham Wood.His tips helped Town to a 1-0 win on Saturday and they now face Notts County in Sunday’s Wembley final.Harrogate keeper James Belshaw said: “The stuff he told us about preparing for penalties was really good. For Gareth Southgate, the penalty shoot-out win was not just vindication but redemption. After a few years in the doldrums, England won over football fans with some scintillating performances at Euro 96. We just had to go out and play football, play our own game.”Victory on Sunday will see Harrogate promoted to the Football League for the first time in their 106-year history. Watch full England v Spain EURO '96 penalty shoot-out.
Despite missing the vital penalty against Germany, the England boss successfully helped his local team …
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We’d obviously been working on them in training ahead of the game and it was great to get his perspective.“He also gave us some tips on set-pieces, and we scored the goal that won the game from a corner.”Southgate, who lives near Harrogate, laid his penalty demons to rest in 2018 when England beat Colombia in a shootout on their way to the semi-finals.James added: “What Gareth said to us definitely helped in terms of our preparation. 4. All rights reserved.The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. England fans can get their football fix this summer with ITV delving into their archives to show every match from Euro 96. Read more: Euro 96 on ITV schedule: The full list of games as fans are given chance to relive classic tournament England at Euro 96 Group A. No Euro 2020? He reminded us that nobody was asking us to go out and do anything we’d not done before. England prevailed thanks to a man of the match display from David Seaman and heroics from the spot in a tense penalty shootout. No problem! Fans can look back at all the remarkable moments… Re-live the full drama of the penalties at Wembley as the sides fought it out for a place in the semi-finals. 4. An error occurred while playing the videoRe-live the full drama of the penalties at Wembley as the sides fought it out for a place in the semi-finals.Stunning strikes from Thierry Henry and Mario Balotelli are remembered from on this day in EURO history.See how Iceland celebrated knocking out England at UEFA EURO 2016 with their famous slow hand clap in Nice.Watch the goals by Michel Platini and Bruno Ballone as France claimed the title against Spain on home soil in Paris.Watch one of Milan Baroš' two goals in the Czech Republic's 3-0 quarter-final win against Denmark at EURO 2004.Ten of the best goals from EURO 2000, featuring Luís Figo and Zinédine Zidane.Dramatic goals from the likes of Michel Platini, Oliver Bierhoff and David Trezeguet.See final-winning goals in extra-time by Oliver Bierhoff and David Trezeguet as well as strikes by other players who have come off the bench to score winning goals in the dying minutes of games in EURO history.Marco van Basten, David Trezeguet, Eder's 2016 strike for Portugal and more.Watch all nine of the Portuguese star's goals from 2004 to 2016.Watch ten of the top strikes from EURO '96, featuring Davor Šuker, Paul Gascoigne and Karel Poborský.Sami Khedira, Michael Ballack and Jürgen Klinsmann feature in this collection of memorable strikes for Germany down the years.Sergio Ramos, Andrea Pirlo and Francesco Totti have all tried to replicate Antonín Panenka's famous penalty technique from 1976.Highlights of a memorable tournament from the Portuguese star.Watch highlights of those players who will be looking to add to their 100-plus caps during the tournament.Look back at goals from Portugal and France's previous EURO clashes.Coach of the holders Portugal, Fernando Santos, gave his reaction after his team were drawn together with fellow football superpowers France and Germany at UEFA EURO 2020.France coach Didier Deschamps gave his reaction after his side were drawn in the same EURO 2020 group as Germany and Portugal.Watch how a double from Antoine Griezmann proved decisive in this semi-final clash in Marseille.After England were drawn to face Croatia at EURO 2020, recall how Wayne Rooney announced himself to the world against them in 2004.England manager Gareth Southgate gave his reaction to UEFA.com after his team were drawn to face both Croatia and the Czech Republic again at EURO 2020.Re-live the full drama of the penalties at Wembley as the sides fought it out for a place in the semi-finals.Stunning strikes from Thierry Henry and Mario Balotelli are remembered from on this day in EURO history.See how Iceland celebrated knocking out England at UEFA EURO 2016 with their famous slow hand clap in Nice.Watch the goals by Michel Platini and Bruno Ballone as France claimed the title against Spain on home soil in Paris.Watch one of Milan Baroš' two goals in the Czech Republic's 3-0 quarter-final win against Denmark at EURO 2004.Ten of the best goals from EURO 2000, featuring Luís Figo and Zinédine Zidane.Dramatic goals from the likes of Michel Platini, Oliver Bierhoff and David Trezeguet.See final-winning goals in extra-time by Oliver Bierhoff and David Trezeguet as well as strikes by other players who have come off the bench to score winning goals in the dying minutes of games in EURO history.Marco van Basten, David Trezeguet, Eder's 2016 strike for Portugal and more.Watch all nine of the Portuguese star's goals from 2004 to 2016.Watch ten of the top strikes from EURO '96, featuring Davor Šuker, Paul Gascoigne and Karel Poborský.Sami Khedira, Michael Ballack and Jürgen Klinsmann feature in this collection of memorable strikes for Germany down the years.Sergio Ramos, Andrea Pirlo and Francesco Totti have all tried to replicate Antonín Panenka's famous penalty technique from 1976.Highlights of a memorable tournament from the Portuguese star.Watch highlights of those players who will be looking to add to their 100-plus caps during the tournament.Look back at goals from Portugal and France's previous EURO clashes.Coach of the holders Portugal, Fernando Santos, gave his reaction after his team were drawn together with fellow football superpowers France and Germany at UEFA EURO 2020.France coach Didier Deschamps gave his reaction after his side were drawn in the same EURO 2020 group as Germany and Portugal.Watch how a double from Antoine Griezmann proved decisive in this semi-final clash in Marseille.After England were drawn to face Croatia at EURO 2020, recall how Wayne Rooney announced himself to the world against them in 2004.England manager Gareth Southgate gave his reaction to UEFA.com after his team were drawn to face both Croatia and the Czech Republic again at EURO 2020.© 1998-2020 UEFA.