Johnson expresses World Cup regrets

25 September 2014The scars inflicted by the fallout from the 2011 World Cup still linger when Johnson, conducting his first media interviews since stepping down, examines his three years in charge.

England's campaign in New Zealand was blighted by disciplinary issues that reached their nadir when some players engaged in a high-profile drunken night out in Queenstown.

On the field, they performed with limited ambition or adventure, grinding out narrow victories over Argentina and Scotland before exiting the competition against runners-up France.

Johnson, a Mastercard ambassa…