On the eve of England's first ever Euro final, we look back at their darkest day in the tournament when Roy Hodgson's side crashed out to Iceland at France 2016. Oh, how we laughed at the time. Elsewhere, Wales made history, Italy and Germany participated in the worst penalty shoot out of all time, and Portugal and Ronaldo had a shot at redemption.

It's Euro 2016, it's brought to you by those who were there from across the continent, and it's right here.

Your experts in this episode:

Stefan Augustsson for Iceland, Rafa Honigstein for Germany, Lynsey Hooper for England, James Horncastle for Italy, Tom Kundert for Portugal, Julien Laurens for France, Kristof Terreur for Belgium, and Tom Williams for Wales

Your charming host is Iain Macintosh and your ace producer is Abi Paterson

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It's the year the world was supposedly destined to end, but thankfully the Mayan calendar wasn't synced with ours and 2012 carried on meaning we could enjoy Euro 2012!

Four years after tiki taka graced our pitches, it's back and ready for more - but are we? This is the tournament that brought two groups of death, Andy Carroll, and a lot of spying.

It's Euro 2012, it's brought to you by those who were there from across the continent, and it's right here.

Teams:

Group A: Czech Republic, Greece, Poland Russia

Group B: Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal

Group C: Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Spain

Group D: England, France, Sweden, Ukraine

Voices:

Host: Iain Macintosh

Guests: Elko Born, Sasha Guryunov Rafael Honigstein, Lynsey Hooper, James Horncastle, Themis Kesaris, Tom Kundert, Julien Laurens, Alvaro Romeo

Notes

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It's 2008 and the world is obsessed with Barack Obama and Beyonce, over here we're more interested in events at Austria and Switzerland because it's Euro 2008 and it's great.

Yes, there's no England, they failed in the rain at Wembley against Croatia. But there's Spain's tiki taka, Turkey's late late goal scoring, and one hell of a thunderstorm. Oh, and there's the French doing, well, nothing really.

It's Euro 2008 and it's here.

Voices:

Host: Iain Macintosh

Guests: Elko Born, Sasha Goryunov, Rafael Honigstein, James Horncastle, Julien Laurens, Alvaro Romeo, Juraj Vrdoljak, and Yordi Yamali

Notes

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We arrive at 2004, the year of Frankee and Eamonn's musical back and forth, the blackberry, and one of the most unexpected tournaments in Euros history.

We're in Portugal where there are teams on the up, like England, and teams on the down, like Germany. And this time there's a dark horse that no one expects will actually do anything apart from enjoy being there. How we never learn.

This is Euro 2004 brought to you by the voices that lived and breathed it from across the continent.

Teams:

Group A: Greece, Portugal, Russia, Spain

Group B: Croatia, England, France, Switzerland

Group C: Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Sweden

Group D: Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands

Voices:

Host: Iain Macintosh

Guests: Elko Born, David Cermak, Rafael Honigstein, Lynsey Hooper, James Horncastle, Themis Kessaris, Tom Kundert, and Julien Laurens

Notes

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