About this episode

The episode discusses the failure of the France national football team to qualify for the 1994 World Cup despite featuring several star players.

How Great Were France 1994, the team nthat never reached USA '94 How can a team featuring Eric Cantona, Jean-Pierre Papin, David Ginola, Didier Deschamps, Marcel Desailly and Laurent Blanc fail to qualify for a World Cup? In this special episode of By Far The Greatest Team, Graham and Jamie are joined by author James Bennett, whose fascinating book No Shows explores some of football's greatest qualification failures. Together, they put Gérard Houllier's France of 1992–93 under the Greatness I...

People in this episode

Hosts: Graham, Jamie

Guest: James Bennett

Topics covered

• France football history
• World Cup qualification
• 1992-1993 France team
• Eric Cantona
• football failures

Keywords

• France 1992-1993
• football qualification
• Eric Cantona
• Gérard Houllier
• No Shows

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: No Shows, Gérard Houllier

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