LONDON (Reuters) - It is three years to the day that Gareth Southgate took charge of his first England game and few of the 81,000 crowd who watched his side labour to a 2-0 win over Malta at Wembley would have staked too much on him enjoying a long reign.
The job had rather fallen into the hands of the former Under 21s coach following Sam Allardyce's sacking after 67 days in charge. Allardyce had become embroiled in an undercover newspaper sting.
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