Gerrard quits as Lampard gets frosty reception in New York

End of the Golden Generation as one bows out and the other is hauled over the coals

Steven Gerrard calls time on his international career
(Image credit: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

On the day one of England's so-called 'Golden Generation' finally retired from international football, another found himself vilified in one of New York's biggest-selling papers.

Back in 2001 Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard were two of England's brightest young talents, a Liverpudlian and a Londoner who between them – so we were told - would restore the glory years to the national side. It didn't quite work out like that. The form they showed week in and week out for Liverpool and Chelsea was never replicated on the international stage in the 220 appearances the pair made between them for their country.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.